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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 12 quotes by Lion Feuchtwanger Lion Feuchtwanger Stamp in memory of Lion Feuchtwanger Born (1884-07-07)7 July 1884 Munich Died 21 December 1958(1958-12-21) (aged 74) Los Angeles Occupation Novelist, playwright Nationality German Lion Feuchtwanger (German: [ˈfɔɪçtˌwaŋɐ]; 7 July 1884 – 21 December 1958) was a German-Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht.... Read full biography of Lion Feuchtwanger → An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic. 0 I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my... → 0 Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a... → 0 From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past. 0 There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime. 0 After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as... → 0 Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than... → 0 Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio... → 0 I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific. 0 What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity. 0 An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of... → 0 Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit... → 0 Add a quote!


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