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And then the sly arch-lover t...

And then the sly arch-lover that he was, he said the subtlest thing of all: that the lover was nearer the divine than the beloved; for the god was in the one but not in the other - perhaps the tenderest, most mocking thought that ever was thought, and source of all the guile and secret bliss the lover knows.

Thomas Mann 179 quotes

It is remarkable how a man ca...

It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting his whole self into it, quite unawares, presenting as if in allegory the basic themes and problems of his life.

Thomas Mann 179 quotes

He probably was mediocre afte...

He probably was mediocre after all, though in a very honorable sense of that word.

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What a wonderful phenomenon i...

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature!

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The observations and encounte...

The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his thoughts are deeper, odder and never without a touch of sadness. Images and perceptions that could be dismissed with a glance, a laugh, an exchange of opinions, occupy him unduly, become more intense in the silence, become significant, become an experience, an adventure, an emotion. Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportionate, the absurd and the forbidden.

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Distance in a straight line h...

Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere.

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This was love at first sight, ...

This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected-in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.

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Speech is civilization itself....

Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact - it is silence which isolates.

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He took in the squeaky music, ...

He took in the squeaky music, the vulgar and pining melodies, because passion immobilizes good taste and seriously considers what soberly would be thought of as funny and to be resented.

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Nothing is more curious and aw...

Nothing is more curious and awkward than the relationship of two people who only know each other with their eyes Ђ' who meet and observe each other daily, even hourly and who keep up the impression of disinterest either because of morals or because of a mental abnormality. Between them there is listlessness and pent-up curiosity, the hysteria of an unsatisfied, unnaturally suppressed need for communion and also a kind of tense respect. Because man loves and honors man as long as he is not able to judge him, and desire

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The only religious way to thin...

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

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Whose best and most fruitful g...

Whose best and most fruitful gift was the power of admiration, which made it possible for me to learn. Now, as in my youth, I am looking up to the truly great creations of the past, which I see high above my own and which alone deserve the name of greatness.

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I will keep faith with death i...

I will keep faith with death in my heart... For the sake of goodness, for the sake of love, Let no man's heart be ruled by death... The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life; to regard it, with the understanding and the .emotions, as the inviolable condition of life.

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It is impossible for ideas to ...

It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.

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Knowledge of the soul would un...

Knowledge of the soul would unfailingly make us melancholy if the pleasures of expression did not keep us alert and of good cheer.

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Human reason needs only to wil...

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.

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Some of necessities go astray,...

Some of necessities go astray, because for them there is no such thing as a right path.

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A human being tends to believe...

A human being tends to believe that the mood of the moment, be it troubled or blithe, peaceful or stormy, is the true, native, and permanent tenor of his existence.

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I stand between two worlds. I ...

I stand between two worlds. I am at home in neither, and I suffer in consequence. You artists call me a bourgeois, and the bourgeois try to arrest me...I don't know which makes me feel worse.

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Beer soothes the upset soul....

Beer soothes the upset soul.

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