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Quotes from Three Comrades — Erich Maria Remarque

1898–1970 Germany

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6 quotes

Mortality is man's invention; not in the logic of life.

Three Comrades (1936)

But not enough has been thought about idleness. It is the foundation of all happiness and the end of all philosophy.

Three Comrades (1936)

All decent people are melancholy when evening comes. Not for any particular reason. Just on general grounds.

Three Comrades (1936)

Pity is the most useless article in the world. [...] It's the reverse side of gloating, you ought to know that.

Three Comrades (1936)

What's piety but the sense of guilt? People want to square off all the things they have wished and done to the beloved dead while they were alive.

Three Comrades (1936)

After all, isn't it just as well, Bob, that they should have their bit of fun that is so important to them? It keeps them going, staves off the evil day when they will be alone. And to be alone, really alone, without illusion, that way lies madness—and suicide.

Three Comrades (1936)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Erich Maria Remarque (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.