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More Quotes by Thomas Mann
In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius.
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.
Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.
Stupid — well, there are so many kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.
Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.
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.
People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.
War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
