Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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When a father inquired about the best method of educating his son in ethical conduct, a Pythagorean replied: "Make him a citizen of a state with good laws ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Too fair to worship, too divine to love. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Education is the art of making man ethical. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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