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That life is difficult, I have often bitterly realized.

Hermann Hesse

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
Literary
Novelist
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Hermann Karl Hesse
Bitterly
Realized
Difficult
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Life

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The world was beautiful when looked at in this way-without any seeking, so simple, so childlike.
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Good that you ask. You should always ask, always have doubts.
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