To find peace in the presence of the faultless is the desir… - Thomas Mann

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To find peace in the presence of the faultless is the desire of the one who seeks excellence; and is not nothingness a form of perfection?

Thomas Mann

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Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual.

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To find peace in the presence of the faultless is the desire of the one who seeks excellence; and is not nothingness a form of perfection? - Thomas Mann

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