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After many unhappy experiments in the direction of an ideal Republic, it was found that what may be described as Despotism tempered by Dynamite provides the most satisfactory description of ruler.
“On the whole it’s not wise to remind the devil that he’s the devil, especially when we were getting on so well.”
― The Lady from Zagreb
― The Lady from Zagreb
“There was a magnificent legal staff, a mechanism such as is possessed by every state before its political, economic and moral collapse.”
― The Good Soldier Schweik
― The Good Soldier Schweik
“killers are like the army, dull and dangerous simultaneously.”
― The Devil's Home On Leave: Factory 2
― The Devil's Home On Leave: Factory 2
“Here, for the greater part, all logic was in abeyance and it was red tape which was victorious, it was red tape which throttled, it was red tape which caused lunacy, it was red tape which made a fuss, it was red tape which chuckled, it was red tape which threatened and never pardoned.”
― The Good Soldier Schweik
― The Good Soldier Schweik
“Compared with the person who had decorated and furnished the place, the Archduke Ferdinand had been blessed with the taste of a troupe of Turkish circus dwarves.”
― Berlin Noir: March Violets / The Pale Criminal / A German Requiem
― Berlin Noir: March Violets / The Pale Criminal / A German Requiem
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