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All Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Quotes
Too fair to worship, too divine to love.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Education is the art of making man ethical.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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