Quote by Thomas Mann
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar a

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous – to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd. – Thomas Mann

Other quotes by Thomas Mann

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. – Thomas Mann

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Time
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For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts. – Thomas Mann

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Beauty
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Physical beauty isnt so impressive to me. – Dita Von Teese

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If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think wed see the beauty then and stand staring in awe. – Conor Oberst

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All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love. – Evelyn Underhill

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Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty — they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. – Martin Buxbaum

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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest. – Oliver Tambo

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Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. – Doug Larson

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There are three principles in a mans being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I dont do what I say. – Martin Buber

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Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality. – Wislawa Szymborska

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