“God thinks in the geniuses, dreams in the poets, and sleeps in the other people.”

Gott denkt in den Genies, träumt in den Dichtern und schläft in den übrigen Menschen.
Der Nachlass von Peter Altenberg, p. 20

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Gott denkt in den Genies, träumt in den Dichtern und schläft in den übrigen Menschen.

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