Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities

It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.