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Thomas Mann on Valentine's Day

1875–1955 Germany

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9 quotes

Love stands opposed to death. It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

The Magic Mountain (1924)

I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide.

Death in Venice (1912)

"Love as a force contributory to disease."

The Magic Mountain (1924)

I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming ploughshare of progress.

The Magic Mountain (1924)

But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed.

Tonio Kröger (1903)

Beauty ... is the sole aspect of the spiritual which we can perceive through our senses.

Love for him, for the human body, was extremely humanitarian an interest and had more educational power than the whole teaching skills of the world!

The Magic Mountain (1924)

Socrates … said the subtlest thing of all: that the lover was nearer the divine than the beloved.

Beauty can pierce one like pain.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomas Mann (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.