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Nationality: German Type: Philosopher Born: 1260 Death: 1328 |
“Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.”
“Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?”