E. T. A. Hoffmann quotes

Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you. (E. T. A. Hoffmann)
It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass. View quote
E. T. A. Hoffmann
How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky. View quote
E. T. A. Hoffmann
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. View quote
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand. View quote
E. T. A. Hoffmann
The magic of music is so strong, getting stronger, it should break any shackle of another art. View quote
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles. View quote
E. T. A. Hoffmann
It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction. View quote
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully? View quote
E. T. A. Hoffmann