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Letter "K" » Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt Quotes
«War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene.»
«Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all.»
«How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.»
Author: Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
«Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.»
«Whatever does not spring from a man's free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but still remains alien to his true nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness.»
«Language makes infinite use of finite media.»
Author: Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
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«The true end of man, or that which is prescribed by the eternal and immutable dictates of reason, and not suggested by vague and transient desires, is the highest and most harmonious development of his powers to a complete and consistent whole.»
«The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.»
Author: Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
«If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions of the human mind.»
«If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might believe that the whole treasure of morality and order is enshrined in the female character.»
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