All Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes
In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?
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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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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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A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.
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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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One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.
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Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.
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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.
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You can't take back an act you were able to think.
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The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.
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It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury.
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