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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look...

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in...

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

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

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the...

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing...

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing...

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst...

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst...

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if...

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if...

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

It is easy to kill when you don't see your victim.

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

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

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

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

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

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

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

Truth is always a delusion.

Truth is always a delusion.

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

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

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

We are the world.

We are the world.