22 Quotes by Adelbert von Chamisso

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners, and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such a feeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance, from which I could not avert my eyes, that I was unable longer to endure it.

I ordered gold in the meantime to be showered down without ceasing among the happy multitude.

My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.

My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak.

After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.

The word majesty was now dropped; but, with the deepest respect and humility, I was addressed as the count. What could I do? I accepted the title, and from that moment I was known as Count Peter.

Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.