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E T A Hoffmann has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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As the priest is characterized by his cassock, so the smoker by his pipe. The way in which he holds it, raises…
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Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul…
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It is only in the morning that one should marry, read unfavourable reviews, make one's will, beat one's servants, and so forth.
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Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand.
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It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
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It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.
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Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which…
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Let me ask you outright, gentle reader, if there have not been hours, indeed whole days and weeks of your life, during…
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He who wants to do good knocks at the gate: he who loves finds the door open.
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