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To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

~Hermann Hesse

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Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

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Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

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The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.

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What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

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What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale.

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If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do.

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To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Novelist

Born: July 2nd, 1877

Died: August 9th, 1962

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