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The Misfortune In The State Is, That Nobody Can Enjoy Life In Peace, But That Everybody Must Govern; And In Art, That Nobody Will Enjoy What Has Been Produced, But That Every One Wants To Reproduce On His Own Account.

Talent Develops In Quiet, Alone; Character Is Sharpened In The Torrent Of The World.

There Is But One Poetry,--true Poetry.

There Is A Great Difference, Whether The Poet Seeks The Particular For The Sake Of The General Or Sees The General In The Particular. From The Former Procedure There Ensues Allegory, In Which The Particular Serves Only As Illustration, As Example Of The General. The Latter Procedure, However, Is Genuinely The Nature Of Poetry; It Expresses Something Particular, Without Thinking Of The General Or Pointing To It.

Whenever I Hear People Talking About Liberal Ideas, I Am Always Astounded That Men Should Love To Fool Themselves With Empty Sounds. An Idea Should Never Be Liberal; It Must Be Vigorous, Positive, And Without Loose Ends So That It May Fulfill Its Divine Mission And Be Productive.