Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both.Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Man is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.
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Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.
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The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.
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Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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