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A classical work doesn’t ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it. - Friedrich Von Schlegel
Attribution: Friedrich Von Schlegel (1772–1829), German philosopher. Aphorism 20 in Selected Aphorisms from the Lyceum (1797), translated by Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Pennsylvania University Press (1968).

Categories: Classics, The, Philosopher

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