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From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.
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The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.
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The main thing is to know something and to say it.
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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
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Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.
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Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.
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He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.
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Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous.
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Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
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How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator.
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Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within Him do all spirits dwell. He is an abyss of individuality, the only infinite plenitude.
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Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.
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Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.
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