“ It's true that a drinker numbs his senses, it's true that he briefly escapes and rests, but he'll return from the delusion, finds everything to be unchanged, has not become wiser, has gathered no enlightenment,—has not risen several steps. ”
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha (1922). copy citation
Author | Hermann Hesse |
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Source | Siddhartha |
Topic | wisdom alcohol drunkenness |
Date | 1922 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer and Semyon Chaichenets |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2500/2500-h/2500-h.htm |