Property, possessions and riches had also finally trapped him. They were no longer a… — Hermann Hesse
Property, possessions and riches had also finally trapped him. They were no longer a game and a toy. They had become a chain and a burden.
In the original German
Auch das Eigentum, der Besitz und Reichtum hatte ihn schließlich eingefangen, war ihm kein Spiel und Tand mehr, war Kette und Last geworden.
Siddhartha · 1922
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Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.
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Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.
