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> [“In itself it is nothing. Nothing but a book: parchment, colouring, ink. Yet the most perishable material is at the same time the most durable substance in the world…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/in-itself-it-is-nothing-nothing-but-a-book-parchment-colouring-ink/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

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## More by Lion Feuchtwanger

> [There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/there-s-only-a-step-from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous-but-there-s-no/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/an-author-who-sets-about-to-depict-events-of-the-past-that-have-run/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/from-depicting-the-past-so-goes-the-suspicion-it-is-a-short-step-to/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [“Can you remember, Acte...how much easier our belief in Nero made life for us in the old days? And can you remember the paralysis,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/can-you-remember-acte-how-much-easier-our-belief-in-nero-made-life/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/ever-since-my-youth-it-has-disturbed-me-that-of-the-literary-works/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [“(Er) hat in unbegreiflicher Verblendung übersehen, daß ein Mensch auch ohne selbstständige Ideen und ohne Persönlichkeit in dem Augenblick Wesen und Inhalt annimt, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/er-hat-in-unbegreiflicher-verblendung-bersehen-da-ein-mensch-auch/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/both-the-historian-and-the-novelist-view-history-as-the-struggle-of-a/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/after-closely-examining-my-conscience-i-venture-to-state-that-in-my/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [“In itself it is nothing. Nothing but a book: parchment, colouring, ink. Yet the most perishable material is at the same time the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/in-itself-it-is-nothing-nothing-but-a-book-parchment-colouring-ink/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/i-should-add-that-it-is-open-to-debate-whether-what-we-call-the/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [“I have sincerely tried not to deride the action of men, not to lament nor to abhor them. I have done all in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/i-have-sincerely-tried-not-to-deride-the-action-of-men-not-to-lament/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/like-the-philosopher-the-author-views-his-task-as-one-of-establishing/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/asking-the-author-of-historical-novels-to-teach-you-about-history-is/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/an-action-doesn-t-have-to-be-wrong-just-because-it-is-not-logical-it/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

> [“The word and the image mutually excluded each other. Joseph was a literary man to his very marrow; he put faith in the invisible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lion-feuchtwanger/the-word-and-the-image-mutually-excluded-each-other-joseph-was-a/)

[Lion Feuchtwanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lion-feuchtwanger/)

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