One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelIn England, wit is at least a profession, if not an art. everything becomes professional there, and even the rogues of that islandare pedants. So are the "wits" there too. They introduce into reality absolute freedom whose reflection lends a romantic and piquant air to wit, and thus they live wittily; hence their talent for madness. They die for their principles.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelMan is free whenever he produces or manifests God, and through this he becomes immortal.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelReligion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel