---
title: "1 False Pretenses Quotes By Bruno Schulz"
description: "1 False Pretenses quotes by Bruno Schulz. Plus more from Bruno Schulz and more False Pretenses sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/bruno-schulz-10193_cost_man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-t_2174812.png"
---

> [Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay and gain, the obvious fraud on nature, the excessive payment for a trick of genius,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-the-sphere-of-incredible/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/bruno-schulz-10193_cost_man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-t_2174812.png)

## More by Bruno Schulz

> [“A művészi tevékenység nem más, mint kész tételek dedukciója. A művészek később már semmi újat nem fedeznek fel, csak a kezdetben gondjaikra bízott titkot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/a-m-v-szi-tev-kenys-g-nem-m-s-mint-k-sz-t-telek-dedukci-ja-a-m-v-szek/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [“After tidying up, Adela would plunge the rooms into semidarkness by drawing down the linen blinds. All colors immediately fell an octave lower, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/after-tidying-up-adela-would-plunge-the-rooms-into-semidarkness-by/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/under-the-imaginary-table-that-separates-me-from-my-readers-don-t-we/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [“On those luminous mornings Adela returned from the market, like Pomona emerging from the flames of day, spilling from her basket the coloful beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/on-those-luminous-mornings-adela-returned-from-the-market-like-pomona/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/my-ideal-goal-is-to-mature-into-childhood-that-would-be-genuine/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [Theses officers were good friends, so it must have been a terrible argument, because the one who played chess with my father was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/theses-officers-were-good-friends-so-it-must-have-been-a-terrible/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses with broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/as-we-manipulate-everyday-words-we-forget-that-they-are-fragments-of/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [“His unlived life worried him, tortured him, turning round and round inside him like an animal in a cage. In Dodo's body, the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/his-unlived-life-worried-him-tortured-him-turning-round-and-round/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [“there is no dead matter," he taught us, "lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life. The range of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/there-is-no-dead-matter-he-taught-us-lifelessness-is-only-a-disguise/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/this-enraged-the-other-nazi-so-much-that-the-next-morning-he-came-to/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [“After a brief moment of splendour, the whole enterprise too a sad turn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/after-a-brief-moment-of-splendour-the-whole-enterprise-too-a-sad-turn/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/one-thing-must-be-avoided-at-all-costs-narrow-mindedness-pedantry/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [“I harbored in my mind a sort of utopia about ‘an age of genius’ that supposedly existed in my life once upon a time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/i-harbored-in-my-mind-a-sort-of-utopia-about-an-age-of-genius-that/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [How can one not succumb and allow one's courage to fail when everything is shut tight, when all meaningful things are walled up, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/how-can-one-not-succumb-and-allow-one-s-courage-to-fail-when/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

> [“I did not have enough courage to go round to the back of the villa. I should certainly have been noticed by someone. Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/i-did-not-have-enough-courage-to-go-round-to-the-back-of-the-villa-i/)

[Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pretenses/bruno-schulz/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 False Pretenses Quotes By Bruno Schulz",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay and gain, the obvious fraud on nature, the excessive payment for a trick of genius, had to be offset by self-parody.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Bruno Schulz"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-the-sphere-of-incredible/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/bruno-schulz-10193_cost_man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-t_2174812.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/bruno-schulz-10193_cost_man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-t_2174812.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/bruno-schulz-10193_cost_man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-t_2174812.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost…” — Bruno Schulz",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pretenses/bruno-schulz/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pretenses/bruno-schulz/",
            "name": "False Pretenses Quotes by Bruno Schulz",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pretenses/bruno-schulz/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/bruno-schulz-10193_cost_man-was-entering-under-false-pretenses-t_2174812.png"
            },
            "description": "1 False Pretenses quotes by Bruno Schulz. Plus more from Bruno Schulz and more False Pretenses sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pretenses/bruno-schulz/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pretenses/bruno-schulz/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "False Pretenses",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pretenses/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Bruno Schulz",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-pretenses/bruno-schulz/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```