Jaroslav Hašek híres idézetei
Jaroslav Hašek idézetek
Jaroslav Hašek: Idézetek angolul
“Great times call for great men.”
Preface
The Good Soldier Švejk (1921)
Kontextus: Great times call for great men. There are unknown heroes who are modest, with none of the historical glamour of a Napoleon. If you analysed their character you would find that it eclipsed even the glory of Alexander the Great. Today you can meet in the streets of Prague a shabbily dressed man who is not even himself aware of his significance in the history of the great new era. He goes modestly on his way, without bothering anyone. Nor is he bothered by journalists asking for an interview. If you asked him his name he would answer you simply and unassumingly: 'I am Švejk….
'Oh no, sir, it's his Imperial highness, the Archduke Ferdinand, from Konopiště, the fat churchy one.'
First lines
The Good Soldier Švejk (1921)