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Friedrich Durrenmatt

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈdʏrənˌmat]; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was 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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There are thoughts we must not think

Think, Thinking, Thoughts

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying.

Horrifying, Left Behind, Moments, Nothing, Reality, Wiped

News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.

Facts, Literature, News, Reports, World

Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.

Betrayal, Betrayed, Chose, Rome, Tyranny

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.

Birthday, Dumb, Old, Pretend, Stupid

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

Death, Literature, Mince, Throat, Words

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Fear, Literature, Reap, Reaps, Sows, Weapons

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.

Defined, Development, Grand, Mind, War

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

Behavior, Desirable, Literature, Patriotism

He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality.

Confronts, Exposes, Paradoxical, Reality

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

Counts, Dying, Eternity, Person, Persons

Humor is the mask of wisdom.

Funny, Humor, Mask, Wisdom

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

Humane, Inhuman, Literature, World

A world is in flames, and you are cracking silly jokes.

Cracking, Flames, Silly, War, World

In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.

Country, Emergency, Run, Running, Schedules, Trains

Power is paradoxical.

Paradoxical, Power

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

Dead, Die, Doe, Literature, Mourn

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them

Humanity, Risk, Literature, Risks, Acceptable

In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad aboutthe whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.

Conscience, Hate, Racism, Speak, Talk, Thinking

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.

Freedom, God, Grace, Humans, Justice

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