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Is not every life, every work fine?

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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
Every
Life
Fine
Work

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Until 1914 I loved to travel I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years.
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The highest art... sets down its creations and trusts in their magic, without fear of not being understood.
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I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood.
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