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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

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The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.

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Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

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Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined.

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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.

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Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm.

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When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.

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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

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In true prose everything must be underlined.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Poet

Born: March 10th, 1772

Died: January 12th, 1829

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