“Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake.”
Franz von Papen (1879–1969) German chancellor
Quoted in "Nazi conspiracy and aggression, Vol. 2" - Page 919 - 1946.
1940s
Quoted in "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" - Page I - by William L. Shirer - 1960
“Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake.”
Franz von Papen (1879–1969) German chancellor
Quoted in "Nazi conspiracy and aggression, Vol. 2" - Page 919 - 1946.
1940s
William L. Shirer book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960)
“It was fate, and being angry at fate was as futile as being angry at the weather.”
Ian McDonald book Desolation Road
Source: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 23 (p. 116).
“if someone has a fate, then it's a man, if someone gets a fate, then it's a woman.”
Elfriede Jelinek (1946) Austrian writer
p 3
Women As Lovers (1994)
José Saramago book The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
O destino é a ordem suprema, a que os próprios deuses aspiram, E os homens, que papel vem a ser o dos homens, Perturbar a ordem, corrigir o destino, Para melhor, Para melhor ou para pior, tanto faz, o que é preciso é impedir que o destino seja destino.
Source: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1993), p. 288
“I don't intend to share fate,
Fate which is a universal loneliness.”
Chairil Anwar (1922–1949) Indonesian poet
"Pemberian Tahu" ["A Proclamation"] (1946), p. 184
The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar (trans. Burton Raffel)
“Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.”
Thomas Mann book The Magic Mountain
Source: The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 6
“Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?”
Marquis de Sade (1740–1814) French novelist and philosopher
Justine or The Misfortunes of Virtue (1787)