The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.
Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.
Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it.
Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.
Do you call the jewel blind, because your eye is?
The manifestation of poetry in external life is formal perfection. True sentiment grows within, and art must represent internal phenomena externally.