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Inspirational Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann
- Hence it happens that one takes words for concepts, and concepts for the things themselves
- Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him
- What for others is style, for me is soul.
- Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.
- If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.
- What good to me is the festive garment of freedom when I am in a slave's smock at home?
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