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

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Animals Before Between Commit Difference Humans Pray Wild Wild Animals

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

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Become How Humane Inhuman More World

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The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Against Birth Birth Control Control Hunger Only Reasonable Remedy

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

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Claim Dissent Existential Individual Right Rightful

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The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said.

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Art Capability Cuisine Fully Good Good Things Human Mastered Only Said Things Which

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Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Hell Our Our World Tolerance Turns Without World

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

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Effect Piety Society Structured Way Which Wrong Wrong Way

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

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Death Throat Words You

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Power is paradoxical.

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Paradoxical Power

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Truth is always a delusion.

~Friedrich Durrenmatt

Topics: Always Delusion Truth Truth Is

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Author

Born: January 5th, 1921

Died: December 14th, 1990

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