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One does not set fire to a world which is already lost
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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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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The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness.
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The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.
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The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.
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The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.
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Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.
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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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Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.
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The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.
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Truth is always a delusion.
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Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
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