At Certain Times, Men Regard Poetry Merely

You Ardently Strive For Freedom, And I Do Wish You Were Free--but, Rather Than For Your Sake, So That Government Won't Be.

The Germans Believe That, No Matter Where, They Can Get By On Knowledge Alone. Art, However, Requires Skill.

I Cannot Be Exacting Because I Respect Myself.

Genius Differs From Talent Not By The Amount Of Original Thoughts, But By Making The Latter Fertile And By Positioning Them Properly, In Other Words, By Integrating Everything Into A Whole, Whereas Talent Produces Only Fragments, No Matter How Beautiful.

Many Said Selfishness Was The Flaw Of Our Modern Age; But Then Self-conceit Emerged From A Corner Of The Deepest Hell To Join Selfishness.