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When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Age: 69 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 5
Died: 1990
Died: December 14
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Konolfingen BE
P'ŭridŭrihi Dwirenmat'ŭ
Fridrikh Diurrenmatt
Fritrish Tiwrrěmat't'
Friedrich Duerrenmatt
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Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.
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It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it.
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To not be afraid in our world is the message that doesn't derive from reason, but maybe from this mysterious capacity given to humans which we call--not without a little embarrassment--faith.
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Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom,and grace in the thereafter only through the freedom of God.
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The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.
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In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.
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So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.
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Politics at all times lead to bloody wars, and not only politics, but also religions as well as social and economic systems of alltimes are spattered with blood. Invariably the big ones devoured the little ones, and the little ones the tiny ones.
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The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.
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Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
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Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.
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What concerns everyone can only be resolved by everyone.
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For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.
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Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.
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The savages don't have atom bombs.
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Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.
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