Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.
He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.
What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.
It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.
Mozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die of hunger
The way in which modern German poetry follows theories reminds me of pupils who, scolded by their teacher for their insubordination, justify themselves by saying that they invented new rules of propriety according to which they are quite well- behaved.