For he used to say...that knowledge of the soul would unfailingly make us melancholy if the pleasures of expression did not keep us alert and of good cheer.
Thomas MannAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: June 6, 1875
- Died: August 12, 1955
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