Poetry Should Describe Itself, And Always Be

In England, Wit Is At Least A Profession, If Not An Art. Everything Becomes Professional There, And Even The Rogues Of That Islandare Pedants. So Are The "wits" There Too. They Introduce Into Reality Absolute Freedom Whose Reflection Lends A Romantic And Piquant Air To Wit, And Thus They Live Wittily; Hence Their Talent For Madness. They Die For Their Principles.

One Of Two Things Is Usually Lacking In The So-called Philosophy Of Art: Either Philosophy Or Art.

Witty Inspirations Are The Proverbs Of The Educated.

In The Ancients, One Sees The Accomplished Letter Of Entire Poetry: In The Moderns, One Has The Presentiment Of The Spirit In Becoming.

Most Thoughts Are Only Profiles Of Thoughts. They Must Be Inverted And Synthesized With Their Antipodes. Thus Many Philosophical Writings Become Very Interesting Which Would Not Have Been So Otherwise.