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Lion Feuchtwanger was a German novelist born on July 7, 1884, and died on December 21, 1958. He is known for his profound historical novels characterized by deep insight into history and delicate portrayal of human nature.

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Book:Josephus

Source: Josephus

“For a moment, he seemed to be falling into an abyss, on the verge of an unprecedented inner collapse. All his life he had been persuaded that what a man appeared to be was more important than what he was. This was the principle, on which he had based his whole existence, both his outward career and his secret thoughts. It was not what one admitted to oneself that mattered, but what one expressed in public; not the money one actually possessed, but the money one spent when others were there to see one spend it. The ideals a man carried in his hearth were of no account compared with those he acknowledged to the world. That had been Pierre´s credo.”

Life Philosophy

Book:Foxes in a Vineyard

Source: Foxes in a Vineyard

“I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentation of historical facts was an exact one.”

Made Facts Reality Effort Attention Paid Historical Details Presentation Accuracy Historical Facts

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

“An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.”

Writing Problem Running Past Courses Wish Events Present Day Reactionaries

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

“Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves.”

Thinking Able Views Struggle Judgment Blind Majority Instinct Determined Tiny Novelists Minorities Historian

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

“It is only the strong who are strengthened by suffering; the weak are made weaker.”

Made Suffering Strong Weak Everything Happens For A Reason

Book:Paris Gazette

Source: Paris Gazette

“I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.”

Should Writing Add Debate These Days

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

“After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones.”

States Novel Modern Conscience Historical Contemporary Venture Idolatry Examining Up To Date Historical Novels

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

“There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.”

Steps Ridiculous Sublime

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“From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.”

Past Steps Hair Suspicion

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“An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.”

Action Logic Logical

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“Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.”

Writing Answers Teach Novel Asking Historical Radio Melody Composer Expecting Transmission Historical Novels

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

“What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.”

Facts Use Humanity Records Development Historian

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

“Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.”

Writing Past Views Clear Bears Tasks Connections Fruit Philosopher

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

“Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects.”

Subjects Youth Historical Contemporary Survived Disturbed Epoch Literary Works

Author:Lion Feuchtwanger

About the Author

Born: July 7, 1884
Died: December 21, 1958
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 15

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