A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.

Quote by Thomas Mann

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Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family...

Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an...

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an...

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

What is uttered is finished and done with.

What is uttered is finished and done with.

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of...

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of...

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without...

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without...

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious...

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious...

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.

Psycho-analyses, how disgusting.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of...

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from...

Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from...

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not...

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not...

She (Helen) threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away...

She (Helen) threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away...

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...