Everything is politics.

Quote by Thomas Mann

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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.

Speech is civilization itself.

Speech is civilization itself.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

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

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

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

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...

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...

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness,...

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness,...

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate

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...

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

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

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...

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well...

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well...

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle...

Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle...

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...

Hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a...

Hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a...

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but...

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...