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E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: She was not too tall, and of a voluptuous build, so that my eyes wandered amid many charms that hitherto had been strangers to them.

She was not too tall, and of a voluptuous build, so that my eyes wandered amid many charms that hitherto had been strangers to them.

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

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 quotes: So true it is, that even the shortest step out of the immediate circle of one's best friends, is equal, in effect, to the remotest separation.

So true it is, that even the shortest step out of the immediate circle of one's best friends, is equal, in effect, to the remotest separation.

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

Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you.

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: It is only in the morning that one should marry, read unfavourable reviews, make one's will, beat one's servants, and so forth.

It is only in the morning that one should marry, read unfavourable reviews, make one's will, beat one's servants, and so forth.

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

Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: Misty dreamers had not a chance with her; since, though she did not talk - talking would have been altogether repugnant to her silent nature.

Misty dreamers had not a chance with her; since, though she did not talk - talking would have been altogether repugnant to her silent nature.

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: Oh, where have you gone, you blissful dreams of future happiness

Oh, where have you gone, you blissful dreams of future happiness

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: There is nothing more marvelous or madder than real life.

There is nothing more marvelous or madder than real life.

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: Every year lays more earth upon us, which weighs us down from aerial regions, till we go under the earth at last.

Every year lays more earth upon us, which weighs us down from aerial regions, till we go under the earth at last.

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: [E]ven in gay, easygoing, and carefree minds there may exist a presentiment of dark powers within ourselves which are bent upon our own destruction.

[E]ven in gay, easygoing, and carefree minds there may exist a presentiment of dark powers within ourselves which are bent upon our own destruction.

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand.

Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand.

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: Poor, ill-advised Roderich! What evil power did you conjure up to poison in its first youth the race you thought to have planted for eternity?

Poor, ill-advised Roderich! What evil power did you conjure up to poison in its first youth the race you thought to have planted for eternity?

E.T.A. Hoffmann quotes: Human beings ought not to draw in their antennae at every ungentle touch, like supersensitive insects.

Human beings ought not to draw in their antennae at every ungentle touch, like supersensitive insects.

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

It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.