"Think of something finite molded into the infinite,……" — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
"Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man."
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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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96 Quotes by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel has 96 quotes on this site.
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An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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Imagination must first be filled to the point of saturation with life of every kind before the moment arrives when…
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Both in their origins and effects, boredom and stuffy air resemble each other. They are usually generated whenever a large…
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Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith,…
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Good drama must be drastic.
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Virtue is reason which has become energy.
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Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.
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Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.
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Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and…
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Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and…
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One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.
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More Finite Quotes
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running…
— Neil Armstrong
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Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.
— Robert Browning
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Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless
— Justin Rosenstein
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The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the…
— Mario Botta
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Worship is the highest act of which a person is capable. It not only stretches us beyond all the limits…
— Samuel Henry Miller
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It is important to remember that the ocean's resources are finite. The commitment these kids are making here today is…
— Ted Danson
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a…
— Thomas Huxley
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If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that…
— Fred Hoyle
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We come no nearer the infinitude of the creative power of God, if we enclose the space of its revelation…
— Immanuel Kant
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We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false…
— Blaise Pascal
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