Friedrich Durrenmatt

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#coexistence #created #critical #critically #entity

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

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#dumb #old #old age #only #pretend

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

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#dead #die #does #mourn #someone

The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#coincidence #possible #programmed #turn #worst

Today's Communism can survive only if it abandons the myth of an infallible party, if it continues to think, and if it becomes democratic. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#communism #continues #democratic #infallible #myth

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

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#mince #throat #words #you

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

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#act #back #take #think #were

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

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#calls #fatherland #itself #murder #ready

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

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#end #possible #story #taken #thought

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#bad #but not without #hopeless #ideal #look