Kurt Tucholsky quotes

Translated: 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. (Kurt Tucholsky)
Expect nothing. Today: that is your life. View quote
Kurt Tucholsky
Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire. View quote
Kurt Tucholsky
Translated: Furthermore, here the one pointing out the filthiness is perceived as much more dangerous than the one producing the filth. View quote
Kurt Tucholsky
Translated: Man has-next to the drives of reproduction and dining-two passions: making noise and not listening. View quote
Kurt Tucholsky
Translated: For four years, there were whole square miles of land where murder was obligatory, while it was strictly forbidden half an hour away. Did I say: murder? Of course murder. Soldiers are murderers. View quote
Kurt Tucholsky
Translated: Human stupidity is international. View quote
Kurt Tucholsky
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!») View quote
Kurt Tucholsky