Quotations From FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT

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• 1.

  Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). About Tolerance (1977). On tolerance.
  
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• 2.

  That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). About Tolerance (1977).
  
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  The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). The Physicists, 21 points to The Physicists (1962).
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  The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). About Tolerance (1977).
  
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• 5.

  Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). About Tolerance (1977).
  
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• 6.

  There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as it becomes a matter of course.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). About Tolerance (1977).
• 7.

  Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). 55 Sentences on Art and Reality, no. 1 (1977).
  
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• 8.

  Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). The Vega Expedition (1969).
  
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• 9.

  Humor is the mask of wisdom.

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). 55 Sentences on Art and Reality, no. 31 (1977).
  
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• 10.

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

  Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990), Swiss dramatist, novelist, essayist. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). The Vega Expedition (1969).