Honor Is The Mysticism Of Legality

To Disrespect The Masses Is Moral; To Honor Them, Lawful.

Nothing Is More Piquant Than When A Man Of Genius Possesses Mannerisms; Not So When They Possess Him -- This Leads To Spiritual Petrification.

Poetry Can Be Criticized Only Through Poetry. A Critique Which Itself Is Not A Work Of Art, Either In Content As Representation Of The Necessary Impression In The Process Of Creation, Or Through Its Beautiful Form And In Its Liberal Tone In The Spirit Of The Old Roman Satire, Has No Right Of Citizenship In The Realm Of Art.

A Genuinely Free And Educated Man Should Be Able To Tune Himself, As One Tunes A Musical Instrument, Absolutely Arbitrarily, At His Convenience At Any Time And To Any Degree, Philosophically Or Philologically, Critically Or Poetically, Historically Or Rhetorically, In Ancient Or Modern Form.

Duty Is For Kant The One And All. Out Of The Duty Of Gratitude, He Claims, One Has To Defend And Esteem The Ancients; And Only Out Of Duty Has He Become A Great Man.