"Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself."

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Source : "Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms" by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, translated by Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, Pennsylvania University Press, 1968.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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“... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'”

Source : "Eminent women of the age". Book by James Parton et. al., p. 375, 1868.
“One fact must be familiar to all those who have any experience of human nature - a sincerely religious man is often an exceedingly bad man.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1892). “The Martyrdom of Man”
“If a young man gets married, and starts a family and spends the rest of his life working at a soul-destroying job, he is held up as an example of virtue and responsibility. The other type of man, living only for himself, working only for himself, doing first one thing and then another simply because he enjoys it and because he has to keep only himself, sleeping where and when he wants, and facing woman when he meets her on equal terms and not as one of a million slaves, is rejected by society. The free, unshackled man has no place in its midst.”
“I like poems that affect me emotionally and also provoke me to further, deeper thought. I enjoy challenge, but not, I think, for its own sake.”

Source : "Poetry As a Way of Thinking: An Interview with James Arthur". Interview with Emilia Phillips, www.32poems.com.
“When an illiterate gets angry, you'll get to understand that calmness is probably a sign of education.”
“People generally have the idea that Donald Trump is a great communicator. And the press has acknowledged this guy has extraordinary communication skills. I think what doesn't come through is his humility. I know some people might laugh at that comment, and he likes promoting his brand. But at times he can be extremely humble. He likes people and wants to help people.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“We don't want to make a mistake. Would you rather make the mistake and err on the side of caution or wait until something happens and then answer to the American people, why you didn't vet these people properly?”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Personally, the worst thing a boy can do to a girl is to ignore her while she's loving him with all her heart.”

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