"Why should not a writer be permitted to……" — E T A Hoffmann
"Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there finds it more than it can bear? Shall there be no strong meat at table because there happen to be some guests there whose stomachs are weak, or who have spoiled their own digestions?"
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E T A Hoffmann
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13 Quotes by E T A Hoffmann
E T A Hoffmann has 13 quotes on this site.
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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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It is only in the morning that one should marry, read unfavourable reviews, make one's will, beat one's servants, and…
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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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The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate…
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