"Der Aphorismus ist so etwas wie ein Edelstein, der durch Seltenheit an Wert gewinnt und nur in winzigen Dosen ein Genuß ist"
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Brief, 27. Februar 1956
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Hermann Hesse
1877 – 1962
deutsch-schweizerischer Schriftsteller
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