Adelbert von Chamisso Quotes
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I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you…
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What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.
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A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.
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Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.
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Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?
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In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair…
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After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and,…
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On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets…
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All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.
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When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding…
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In pain is a new time born.
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I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude.
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My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak.
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My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under…
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The word majesty was now dropped; but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted…
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This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling…
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