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

Quote by Thomas Mann

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It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature,...

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature,...

If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell...

If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell...

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

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.

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple...

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple...

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...

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...

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...

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.

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.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

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...

It could become much worse.

It could become much worse.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of...

One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of...

I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming...

I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming...

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to...

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to...

But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the...

But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the...