The complete poet must have a heart in his brain or a brain in his heart. George Darley.

The complete spiritualisation of the animal element in nature is the task of our species. Amiel.

The conceived is never food save to the mind that conceives. Schiller.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. Burke.

The condition of the great body of the people in 20 a country is the condition of the country itself. Carlyle.

The condition of the most fascinated (bezaubertsten) enthusiast is to be preferred to him who, from sheer fear of error, dares in the end no longer to affirm or deny. Wieland.

The conditions necessary for the arts of men are the best for their souls and bodies. Ruskin.

The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet. Goethe.

The conflict of the old, the existent, and the persistent, with development, improvement, and transfigurment is always the same. Out of every arrangement arises at last pedantry; to get rid of this latter the former is destroyed, and some time must elapse before we become aware that order must be re-established. Goethe.

The conscience is the inviolable asylum of the 25 liberty of man. Napoleon.