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The Plot! The Plot! What Kind Of Plot Could A Poet Possibly Provide That Is Not Surpassed By The Thinking, Feeling Reader? Form Alone Is Divine.

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The Plot! The Plot! What Kind Of Plot Could A Poet Possibly Provide That Is Not Surpassed By The Thinking, Feeling Reader? Form Alone Is Divine.

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The Old Harlot, German Philosophy, Has Finally Turned Into A Church Lady.

Isn't It Awful That Cold Feet Make For A Cold Imagination And That A Pair Of Woollen Socks Induce Good Thoughts!

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Lap-dogs And Blood-hounds Enjoy The Greatest Respect At Court; House-dogs And No Dogs At All Are Not Even Considered.

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Praised Be The Good Willing Women Who Understand And Take Part In The Fun--the Body Is An Exacting Beater, And Even The Heart Is Made Of Flesh.

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The Manifestation Of Poetry In External Life Is Formal Perfection. True Sentiment Grows Within, And Art Must Represent Internal Phenomena Externally.

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Es Binden Sklavenfesseln Nur Die H A« Nde, Der Sinn, Er Macht Den Freien Und Den Knecht. The Chains Of Slavery Can Only Bind The Hands. The Mind Makes Us Either Free Or Enslaved.

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A Flutist Who Is Moved To Tears By His Own Performance Will Soon Make The Listeners Laugh Because Of The Sounds That He Produces.

Bunglers And Pedants Judge Art According To Genre; They Approve Of This And Dismiss That Genre, But Instead Of Genres, The Open-minded Connoisseur Appreciates Only Individual Works.

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I Understand The Phrase "honor The Women" All Too Well: The Poet Has Probably A Wife Of His Own, But He Prefers To Honor Another.

The Ramparts Of Vienna Are Crumbling Into The Sand; No One Wants To Live So Confined, However, The Entire Country Is Already Surrounded By A Chinese Wall!

The Course Of Modern Learning Leads From Humanism Via Nationalism To Bestiality.

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Why Does The Past Look So Enticing To Us? For The Same Reason Why From A Distance A Meadow With Flowers Looks Like A Flower Bed.

How Can You Say That Love Is Blind? Keener Than A Young Eagle's Is Its Sight.

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Although Your Knowledge Is Weak And Small, You Need Not Be Silent: Since You Cannot Be Judges Be At Least Witnesses.

If We Notice A Few Errors In The Work Of A Proven Master, We May And Even Will Often Be Correct; If We Believe, However, That He Is Completely And Utterly Mistaken, We Are In Danger Of Missing His Entire Concept.

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Let The Famous Not Denounce Fame. Far From Being Empty And Meaningless, It Fills Those It Touches With Divine Power.

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Boundless In Your Charity, But Shrewd And Cautious As A Lender, You Delight All Those Today Whom You Made Beggars The Day Before.

The Cradle Of The Future Is The Grave Of The Past.

The Character Of The Crowds Is Made Up Of Mimicry And Hostility.

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Is It True That One Travels In Order To Know Mankind? It Is Easier To Get To Know Other People At Home, But Abroad One Gets To Know Oneself.

In The Arts, Foolhardiness Is Always Harmful; Even Worse, However, Is Clumsiness.

I Notice Well That One Stray Step From The Habitual Path Leads Irresistibly Into A New Direction. Life Moves Forward, It Never Reverses Its Course.

Erroneous Views And Presumptuousness Send A Talent To The Insane Asylum.

This Searching And Doubting And Vacillating Where Nothing Is Clear But The Arrogance Of Quest. I, Too, Had Such Noble Ideas When I Was Still A Boy.

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Do Old People Always Live In The Past? What Yesterday Was Firm And True, May Not Be So Today.

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Art Compares To Nature Like Wine To The Grape.

Beauty Satisfies The Senses Completely And At The Same Time Uplifts The Soul. That Which Gratifies The Senses Is Pleasant, And That Which Uplifts The Soul Without Being Sensual In The Least Is Good, True, Right, Anything You Like, But Not Beautiful.

It Is Good Insofar As It Is Not Evil.

No One Will Stop To Help You When You Are In Need, But Everyone Forces Opinions Upon You That You Do Not Require.

Much As I Honor The Wisdom Of The Princess--there Is Something More Dashing About A Man.

North And West Have Always Vied For Power And Territory, But Their Recent Competition As To Which One Is More Insidious Of The Twohas Been More Peaceful.

The Sun Of A Prince's Good Graces Resembles That In The Skies In That It Shines Most Kindly Upon The Blackest People.

When Mundane, Lowly Activities Are At Stake, Too Much Insight Is Detrimental — Far-sightedness Errs In Immediate Concerns.

Why Must Ancients, And Provided The Same Talent, Be Better Than Modern Authors? Free To Exploit The Vast Realm Of The Simpleand The Natural, They Did Not Have To Be Artificial In Order To Be Original (which Every Artist Aspires To Be).

A Heart That Overflows May Seek Out Merrymaking And Boisterous Festivities To Quietly Rejoice, Unnoticed Amidst The Reveling Crowds.

What Raises Great Poetry Above All Else--it Is The Entire Person And Also The Entire World.

The Prince Exults Whomever He Selects As His Consort, But The Queen, Rather Than Elevating The Subject Of Her Choice, Humiliates Him As A Man. By All That Is Right, A Man Is Not Intended To Be The Husband Of His Wife, But A Woman Is To Be Her Husband's Wife.

It Is Open To Question Whether The Highly Individualized Characters We Find In Shakespeare Are Perhaps Not Detrimental To The Dramatic Effect. The Human Being Disappears To The Same Degree As The Individual Emerges.

Do You Think That It Is Possible To Have A Mere Taste Of Commonness? Either One Hates It Or Makes Common Cause With It.

The Verdict On Prince Metternich Will Soon Be Out: An Excellent Diplomat And A Bad Politician.

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