Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmattwas a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten...
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The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.
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Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.
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Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.
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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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The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.
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Truth is always a delusion.
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Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.
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Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic.
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Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
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A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.
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Human life is beyond comprehension.
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A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.
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For a person who is dying only eternity counts.
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Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.