„I mistrust all frank and simple people, especially when their stories hold together“

— Ernest Hemingway

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„All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.“
— Tennessee Williams
„Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.“
— Aristotle
„It's such a happiness when good people get together.“
— Jane Austen
„If you really come down to any large story that interests people – holds the attention for a considerable time … human stories are practically always about one thing, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
„After all, why should ordinary people want to contemplate the End, especially when we see the condition of those who do?“
— Emil M. Cioran