Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.

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

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

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

You can't take back an act you were able to think.

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.

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

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

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer...

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer...

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to...

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to...

Justice is horrible.

Justice is horrible.

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

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

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

Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody...

Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody...

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those...

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those...

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

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