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Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin.

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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Age: 57 †
Born: 1772
Born: January 1
Died: 1829
Died: January 11
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Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.
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In order to be able to write well upon a subject, one must have ceased to be interested in it the thought which is to be soberlyexpressed must already be entirely past and no longer be one's actual concern.
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Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet especially not against their poetry.
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The few existing writings against Kantian philosophy are the most important documents in the case history of sound common sense.
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To disrespect the masses is moral to honor them, lawful.
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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
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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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The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.
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If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds become organically one, and for this reason the family is total poetry.
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