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

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

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

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

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must...

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must...

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which...

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.

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

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

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to...

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

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

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

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...

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

For a person who is dying only eternity counts.

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...