Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quotes about Irony

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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Agility, Irony, Chaos

The naive is what is or appears to be natural, individual, or classical to the point of irony or to the point of continuous alternation of self-creation and self-destruction. If it is only instinct, then it is childlike, childish, or silly; if it is only intention, it becomes affectation.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Silly, Self, Irony