If Only These Treasures Were Not So

I Hate All Explanations; They Who Make Them Deceive Either Themselves Or The Other Party,-generally Both.

Stones Are Mute Teachers; They Silence The Observer, And The Most Valuable Lesson We Learn From Them We Cannot Communicate.

He Who Serves The Public Is A Poor Animal; He Worries Himself To Death And No One Thanks Him For It.

Neither Art Thou The Man To Catch The Fiend And Hold Him! [ger., Du Bist Noch Nicht Der Mann Den Teufel Festzuhalten.

All Poetry Is Supposed To Be Instructive But In An Unnoticeable Manner; It Is Supposed To Make Us Aware Of What It Would Be Valuable To Instruct Ourselves In; We Must Deduce The Lesson On Our Own, Just As With Life.