The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant… — Hermann Hesse
The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.
In the original German
Statt Lust Behagen, statt Freiheit Bequemlichkeit, statt todlicher Glut ein angelehme Temperatur
Steppenwolf · 1927
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Hesse, Herman. Steppenwolf, translated by Basil Creighton. Picador, 2002.
Original citation
Hesse, Herman. Der Steppenwolf [The Steppenwolf]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1927.