Max Frisch Quotes

Swiss - Novelist | May 15, 1911 - April 4, 1991

Jealousy is the fear of comparison.

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FearJealousyComparison

I live, like every real man, in my work.

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WorkLiveManReal ManRealLike

I don't believe in providence and fate, as a technologist I am used to reckoning with the formulae of probability.

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I AmBelieveFateProbabilityUsed

You can put anything into words, except your own life.

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LifeWordsYouAnythingOwnYour

Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.

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ChangeTimeUsJustDoesUnfolds

I have no words for my reality.

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WordsRealityNo Words

Either marriage is a destiny, I believe, or there is no sense in it at all, it's a piece of humbug.

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MarriageDestinyBelieveNo Sense

My greatest fear: repetition.

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FearRepetitionGreatest

It is only the consciousness of a nonexistence which allows us to realize for moments that we are living.

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MomentsLivingRealizeConsciousness

Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

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TechnologyExperienceWorldKnack

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language.

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LanguageHorseUnderstandDifference

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.

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LifeEndingMeaningTrueSound

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