Quotes by Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

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The Ladies Buddenbrook from Breite Strasse did not weep, however - it was not their custom. Their faces, a little less c — Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
We are the bourgeoisie—the third estate, as they call us now—and what we want is a nobility of merit, nothing more. We d — Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
He completely lacked any ardent interest that might have occupied his mind. His interior life was impoverished, had unde — Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
His games have a deeper meaning and fascination that adults can no longer fathom and require nothing more than three peb — Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
I bear within me the seed, the rudiments, the possibility of life's capacities and endeavors. Where might I be, if I wer — Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
They walked, and the long waves rolled and murmured rhythmically beside them; the fresh salty wind blew free and unobstr — Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family