Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The german national character is a favorite subject of character experts — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Women are treated as unjustly in poetry as in life. The feminine ones are not idealistic, and the idealistic not feminine. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel