"It is only in the morning that one……" — E T A Hoffmann
"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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13 Quotes by E T A Hoffmann
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As the priest is characterized by his cassock, so the smoker by his pipe. The way in which he holds…
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Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some…
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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…
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Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from…
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Let me ask you outright, gentle reader, if there have not been hours, indeed whole days and weeks of your…
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I may be permitted, kind reader, to doubt whether you have ever been enclosed in a glass bottle, unless some…
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How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to…
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Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
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Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how…
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Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you.
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