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Quote by E. T. A. Hoffmann

“Every year lays more earth upon us, which weighs us down from aerial regions, till we go under the earth at last.”

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E. T. A. Hoffmann, a German Romantic author, is renowned for his unique literary style and rich imagination. His works blend elements of fantasy, horror, and humor, having a profound impact on literature. more

“The foot of the heavenly ladder, which we have got to mount in order to reach the higher regions, has to be fixed firmly in every-day life, so that everybody may be able to climb up it along with us. When people then find that they have got climbed up higher and higher into a marvelous, magical world, they will feel that that realm, too, belongs to their ordinary, every-day life, and is, merely, the wonderful and most glorious part thereof.”

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Author:E. T. A. Hoffmann

“The human spirit is itself the most wonderful fairy tale that can possibly be. What a magnificent world lies enclosed within our bosoms! No solar orbit hems it in, the inexhaustible wealth of the total visible creation is outweighed by its riches!”

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Author:E. T. A. Hoffmann

“Everything here below beneath the sun is subject to continual change; and perhaps there is nothing which can be called more inconstant than opinion, which turns round in an everlasting circle like the wheel of fortune. He who reaps praise today is overwhelmed with biting censure tomorrow; today we trample under foot the man who tomorrow will be raised far above us.”

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Book:The Best Tales of Hoffmann

Source: The Best Tales of Hoffmann

“The emotional security and political stability in this country entitle us to be a nuclear power.”

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Author:Anthony Mason

“Beauty is not the purpose of creation, it is its reward. Its appearance, often late in the day, is no more than an indication that the disrupted equilibrium between man and nature has once again been restored by art. Submitted to this test, what remains of contemporary works of art?”

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Author:Brassai

“I have lost my faith, but I gained the truth! It is not important at all to lose your candle as long as you find a torch!”

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I have no boss but my conscience.”

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

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