The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

Quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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

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

Power is paradoxical.

Power is paradoxical.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

The savages don't have atom bombs.

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...

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

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

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.

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...

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...

There are thoughts we must not think.

There are thoughts we must not think.

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.

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...

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

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

We are the world.

We are the world.

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.

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...

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.

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...

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political...

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political...