In The Ancients, One Sees The Accomplished

Versatility Of Education Can Be Found In Our Best Poetry, But The Depth Of Mankind Should Be Found In The Philosopher.

The French Revolution, Fichte's Theory Of Knowledge, And Goethe's Wilhelm Meister Are The Three Greatest Tendencies Of The Age. Whoever Takes Offence At This Combination, And Whoever Does Not Consider A Revolution Important Unless It Is Blatant And Palpable, Has Not Yet Risen To The Lofty And Broad Vantage Point Of The History Of Mankind.

In Many A Poetic Work, One Gets Here And There, Instead Of Representation Merely A Title Indicating That This Or That Was Supposedto Be Represented Here, That The Artist Has Been Prevented From Doing It And Most Humbly Asks To Be Kindly Excused.

There Is So Much Poetry, And Yet Nothing Is More Rare Than A Poetic Work. This Is What The Masses Make Out Of Poetical Sketches, Studies, Aphorisms, Trends, Ruins, And Raw Material.

The Difference Between Religion And Morality Lies Simply In The Classical Division Of Things Into The Divine And The Human, If One Only Interprets This Correctly.