There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste.

Desarrollar la frase: así como aun los actos más ruines y vergonzosos requieren de cierta inteligencia y cierto talento, así también los actos más grandiosos requieren de una cierta insensibilidad que en otras circunstancias se llama estupidez.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.