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E. T. A. Hoffmann [1776-1822] German
Rank: 104
Critic, Author


Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a Prussian Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.


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How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.
101
Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles.
102
Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
103
Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you.
104
Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.
105
It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.
106
It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
107
Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand.
108

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