German - Poet | March 10, 1772 - January 12, 1829
Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.
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If you want to see mankind fully, look at a family. Within the family minds become organically one, and for this reason the family is total poetry.
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