The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelReligion and morals are symmetrically opposed, just like poetry and philosophy.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelWit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelMost thoughts are only profiles of thoughts. They must be inverted and synthesized with their antipodes. Thus many philosophical writings become very interesting which would not have been so otherwise.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel