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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Hegel

A thing is what it is, only in and by means of its limit.

Alles, was ist, ist vernünftig—Everything which is, is agreeable to reason.

Christianity is a religion that can make men good, only if they are good already.

Der Muth der Wahrheit ist die erste Bedingung des philosophischen Studiums—The courage of truth is the first qualification for philosophic study.

He who wills all, wills in effect nothing, and brings it to nothing.

The courage (Muth) of truth is the first condition of philosophic study.

The spirit is higher than nature.

The spiritual is higher than the external; the spiritual cannot be externally authenticated.

The valour that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.

Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig—What is rational is actual; and what is actual is rational.

We must hold by what is definite, and not split up our strength in many directions.

What a man does, that he is.

Willst du leben, musst du dienen; willst du frei sein, musst du sterben—Wouldst thou love, thou must serve; would thou be free, thou must die.