Paul de Lagarde quotes

Man's greatest joy is to revere other men, or to put it less extravagantly, to recognize other men above himself, and to love and be loved by these men. (Paul de Lagarde)
Our speech has ceased to speak, it shouts; it says cute, not beautiful, colossal, not great; it cannot find the right word any more, because the word is no longer the designation of an object, but the echo of some kind of gossip about the object. View quote
Paul de Lagarde
What was most repulsive at the meetings was the stench of the guild, which assailed me everywhere: intellectual proletariat, that labors on its humdrum articles in the sweat of its brow, that does not know that science is to make one free and happy. View quote
Paul de Lagarde