Adelbert von Chamisso Quotes
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After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.
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Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.
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On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.
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In pain is a new time born.
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In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.
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Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.
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I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.
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Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?
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When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.
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A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.
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What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.
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In pain a new time is born.
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All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.
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