E. T. A. Hoffmann Quotes

It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Pass, Improbable, Nearly

Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand.
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Understand, Play, Dangerous

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.
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Freedom, Humanity, Poor

Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Real, Genius, Simplicity

It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Time, Power, Process

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.
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Experience, Single, Often

Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you.
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Help, Once, Devil

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.
E. T. A. Hoffmann

Try, Cannot, Wonderful

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Biography

Type: Critic

Born: January 24, 1776

Died: June 25, 1822

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