He Who Does Not Become Familiar With

Art And Works Of Art Do Not Make An Artist; Sense And Enthusiasm And Instinct Do.

There Are Three Kinds Of Explanation In Science: Explanations Which Throw A Light Upon, Or Give A Hint At A Matter; Explanations Which Do Not Explain Anything; And Explanations Which Obscure Everything.

Irony Is The Form Of Paradox. Paradox Is What Is Good And Great At The Same Time.

If The Essence Of Cynicism Consists In Preferring Nature To Art, Virtue To Beauty And Science; In Not Bothering About The Letter Of Things -- To Which The Stoic Strictly Adheres -- But In Looking Up To The Spirit Of Things; In Absolute Contempt Of All Economic Values And Political Splendor, And In Courageous Defence Of The Rights Of Independent Freedom; Then Christianity Would Be Nothing But Universal Cynicism.

One Of The Two Is Almost Always A Prevailing Tendency Of Every Author: Either Not To Say Some Things Which Certainly Should Be Said, Or To Say Many Things Which Did Not Need To Be Said. The First Is The Original Sin Of Synthetic Natures, The Latter Of Analytical Natures.