Jaroslav Hasek Quotes

#1. Preparations for the slaughter of mankind have always been made in the name of God or some supposed higher being which men have devised and created in their own imagination.

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#2. This is what opportunity brings with it. It's the self-determination of man. Every man in the course of his life eternal life undergoes countless changes and has to appear once in this worlds as a thief in certain periods of his activity.

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#3. And somewhere from the dim ages of history the truth dawned upon Europe that the morrow would obliterate the plans of today.

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#4. Austria's victory crawled out of her latrines.

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#5. I was discharged from the army for idiocy and officially certified by a special commission as an idiot. I'm an official idiot.

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#6. I suffered the misfortune that I sat down at a table and started drinking one glass of beer after another.

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#7. Great times call for great men.

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#8. After debauches and orgies there always follows the moral hangover.

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#9. War demanded valour even in pilfering.

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#10. Sometimes I notice I'm demented, especially at sunset.

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#11. Jesus Christ was innocent too,' said Svejk, 'and all the same they crucified him. No one anywhere has ever worried about a man being innocent. Maul halten und weiter dienen ['Grin and bear it and get on with the job'] - as they used to tell us in the army. That's the best and finest thing of all.

Jaroslav Hasek