Quote by Thomas Mann
For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions grac

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. – Thomas Mann

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An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a critique of life: it names, it characterizes, it passes judgment, in that it creates. – Thomas Mann

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All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life. – Thomas Mann

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