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Thomas Mann Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: German
Born: June 6, 1875
Died: August 12, 1955

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It could become much worse.
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Everything is politics.
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I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.
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Speech is civilization itself.
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War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.
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It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.
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A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.
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