Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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June 27, 2020

Name: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Born: 01/05/1921
Died: 12/14/1990 (69 years old)
Occupation: Playwright, novelist

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈdʏrənˌmat] listen); 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author’s work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the town Olten.

Birth Place: Konolfingen, Bern, Switzerland

Death Place: Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Source: Wikipedia

Friedrich Dürrenmatt quotes :

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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

Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
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Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.
Friedrich Durrenmatt

Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.
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News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.
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Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
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When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
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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 Durrenmatt