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Crises of expression and spasms of eros:
that's the man of today,
the inside a vacuum,
the continuity of personality
provided by his suit,
which with stout cloth might be good for ten years.
Gottfried Benn
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No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.
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Gottfried Benn
Born:
May 2, 1886
Died:
July 7, 1956
(aged 70)
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Gottfried Benn was a German poet and essayist.
Known for:
Impromptus: Selected Poems and Some Prose
Primal vision
Prose, essays, poems
Gehirne (1916)
Doppelleben (1950)
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