I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.

Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.

Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.

In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

A love that dies has never lived.