"Man hat nur so viel Moral, als man Philosophie und Poesie hat."
— Friedrich Schlegel

January 1, 1970

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One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. — “Selected Ideas (1799-1800)”, Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) #62