An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.


Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms (1798)


An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.