Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

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What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.

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He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

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Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth.

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A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

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Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.

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Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

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Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.

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Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem.

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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.

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