Famous Quotes | Every year lays more earth upon...
Every year lays more earth upon us, which weighs us down from aerial regions, till we go under the earth at last.
- E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm) Hoffmann
Attribution: E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm) Hoffmann (1776–1822), German author, composer. The Serapion Brethren. By Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, vol. I, sect. 1, pp. 2-3, trans. by Alexander Ewing, George Bell and Sons (1908). Theodore to his fellow Serapion Brethren, about their advancing age, on the occasion of the renewal of their friendship from 12 years before.
Categories: Age And Aging, Author, Composer, Death
