He is the happiest man who can set the end of his life in connection with the beginning.
For there is no art where there is no style, and no style where there is no unity, and unity is of the individual.
Maxims and reflections
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Category: Note
From this time forward, if a man does not apply himself to some art or handiwork, he will be in a bad way. In the rapid changes of the world, knowledge is no longer a furtherance; by the time a man has taken note of everything, he has lost himself. Besides, in these days the world forces universal culture upon us, and so we need not trouble ourselves further about it; we must appropriate some particular culture.