Much which is unworthy in human life might be avoided if pe… - Karen Blixen

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Much which is unworthy in human life might be avoided if people would only accustom themselves to talking in verse

Karen Blixen

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About Karen Blixen

Karen von Blixen-Finecke (17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author; born Karen Christence Dinesen, she is also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen.

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Pen Names: Tania Blixen • Isak Dinesen • Pierre Andrézel • Osceola

Alternative Names: Karen von Blixen-Finecke

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I first began to tell tales to delight the world and make it wiser...

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Come now,' I said to him, 'and let us go and risk our lives unnecessarily. For if they have got any value at all it is this that they have got none. Frei lebt wer sterben kann.

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