“The intellect longs for the delights of the non-intellect, that which is alive and beautiful dans sa stupidité.”

— Thomas Mann, book Confessions of Felix Krull

Madame Houpflé, Bk. 2, Ch. 9
Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man (1954)

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German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate 1875–1955

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