Famous quotes containing the words friedrich, august and/or von:
“As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity.... The march of God in the world, that is what the State is.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.”
—J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)
“How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action. Try to do your duty, and you will know right away what you are like.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)