“The history of imitation of the older literature, particularly abroad, has among other advantages this one, that the important concepts of unintentional parody and passive wit can be deduced from it most easily and comprehensively.” ImportantLiteratureConceptsAdvantageWitPassiveImitationParody Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit.” ShouldWishStyleShould HaveWit Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“In 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.” IfsArtRealityDiesPrinciplesAirTalentReflectionMadnessEnglandAbsolutesProfessionWitIntroducingRoguesAbsolute FreedomPedants Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.” SpiritGeniusWitSociable Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.” ReasonSpiritGeniusWitChemicals Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.” MeanArtArt IsInstrumentsRevengeWitSensualInfamousExacting Revenge Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Wit is the appearance, the external flash, of fantasy. Hence its divinity and the similarity to the wit of mysticism.” CharacterLiteratureImaginationWittyAppearanceWitDivinityMysticismFlashExternal Appearance Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.” SpiritLiteratureWitExplosionsCompounds Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts and disciplines. We should demand genius from everybody, without, however, expecting it.” LoveShouldArtMatterGeniusDisciplineDemandWitExpectingFaith And LovePrudishness Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
