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Mankind doesn't grant itself anything—that is why it has invented the law. It isn't allowed for him so it shouldn't be allowed for others.
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Human stupidity is international.
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At which a diplomat from France replies: "The war? I can't find it too terrible! The death of one man: that is a catastrophe. One hundred thousand deaths: that is a statistic!"
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Man has—next to the drives of reproduction and dining—two passions: making noise and not listening.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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Born:
January 9, 1890
Died:
December 21, 1935
(aged 45)
Bio:
Kurt Tucholsky was a German-Jewish journalist, satirist and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Born in Berlin-Moabit, he moved to Paris in 1924 and then to Sweden in 1930.
Known for:
Castle Gripsholm (1932)
Gedichte
Rheinsberg (1912)
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