Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it.
...mothers are often fondest of the child which has caused them the greatest pain.
Where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and which has the wider vision?
Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity tohistory, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth.
To think of shadows is a serious thing.
Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach.