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"Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy."
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"Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth."

"The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well."

"Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy."
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"Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry."

"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."

"Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form."

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

"It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both."
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