Thomas Mann Quotes

A Noble And Active Mind Blunts Itself Against Nothing So Quickly As The Sharp And Bitter Irritant Of Knowledge. And Certain It Is That The Youth's Constancy Of Purpose, No Matter How Painfully Conscientious, Was Shallow Beside The Mature Resolution Of The Master Of His Craft, Who Made A Right-about-face, Turned His Back On The Realm Of Knowledge, And Passed It By With Averted Face, Lest It Lame His Will Or Power Of Action, Paralyse His Feelings Or His Passions, Deprive Any Of These Of Their Conviction Or Utility.

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