Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.
From Franz Grillparzer
Prose talks and poetry sings.
The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.
When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.
Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.
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