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Quote by Hermann Hesse
What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was t

What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity. – Hermann Hesse

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One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time. – Hermann Hesse

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There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge – that is everywhere. – Hermann Hesse

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