Author of quotes: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. Page 1

This cold soul does not penetrate a single ray of the mysterious that so often wraps its invisible arms around a person; she sees only the motley surface of the world and, like a childish child, rejoices at the golden fruits, in the core of which a deadly poison is hidden.

If the house was about to collapse, then I, like a certain woman, before running away, would have time to quickly straighten the curtain that had been bent.

She was glad from the bottom of her heart, noticing that her fiancé possessed not only nobility and wealth, but also courage, for in the world it is not so easy to find a girl who could love a coward.

Girls revere the mind, wit, soul and feelings only by good guests in a beautiful house, and when a man who does not face a fashionable tailcoat, whether it is Shakespeare or Goethe, decides to approach a young girl, he is in danger of being knocked out of position by any more or less stately hussar rotmistr in a shiny uniform.

I will attack my opponent with fighting songs, I will defeat him with sharp epigrams, I will crush him with praises filled with love fury — this is the weapon of a true poet.

Reluctantly sad!

In this world, nothing is perfect.

... admit that ladies often willingly fall into fads; tirelessly and relentlessly pursuing impulsive, they do not notice how painful it disrupts other relationships.

... how oddly the purest, greatest love takes in the external life somewhat clownish appearance, which must be attributed to the deep irony inherent nature of all human actions.

The beauty lies in wisdom, all the wisdom in thought.

Go with the idea that these alien images have no power over you; only the Belief in their hostile power can make them really hostile to you.

... The wondrous divine miracles happen in the inmost depths of the human soul, and these miracles with all their might should say person word, sound, and colors.

... Accurate sense of proportion is probably what is usually called good taste.

... The best objection angry woman - unbreakable calm...