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Diary entry for 1914-08-19
... entire world with lies in order to discredit the Dual Alliance. The practical objective is clear: to create a favorable mood for the Triple Entente, based on an unfortunately unalterable fact: where the balance of success inclines is where the other ...
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Diary entry for 1914-08-28
... the pincer movement is readily perceivable. Extra editions issued even in the morning, more frequently in the afternoon, and even into the late evening, brought reports of a "giant battle" in the East! A great tension lies over the city. The German ...
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Diary entry for 1914-09-27
... positions to my brother-in-law in two or three days, was fulfilled just as little as the agreement to have conversations with Braun and others, whom Floriz probably did not even see. Everything just a pack of lies, only the easiest thing of all dashed off ...
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Diary entry for 1914-11-19
... in war. Against such spiritual exaltations it is now wrong to adopt the lie – as if all life were merely coffee-house or dinner-table life with a spiritual desert – that is expressed in such gatherings. One should also not forget that drama no longer ...
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Diary entry for 1915-01-19
... foreigner may step on your homeland, One brother is dying in Poland, another lies wounded in Flanders. We all protect the sacred seam of your border, Our most flourishing life for your most withered tree, Germany! We have always known a love for you, We ...
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Diary entry for 1915-01-25
... 25. Mit Lie-Liechen zur Mama, wo wir statt der Sophie Hans treffen. Weisse schickt 2 Balkonsitze zur „Armut“ von Wildganzs. Anton Wildgans's Armut (Leipzig: Staackmann, 1914), a tragedy in five acts, was then being performed at the Deutsches ...
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Diary entry for 1915-08-18
... usual flattery is deceitful, and is well known as such among interested parties and neighbors at social gatherings; for them, however the lie is better than the truth, even when it takes the form of splendid jokes. One makes a flattering remark to ...
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Diary entry for 1915-10-01
... evening. It turns out that the custodian of my apartment block was not at home throughout the afternoon; it is all lies everywhere and at all times! The Anglo-American businessman does not understand German militarism! Only this, I ask? He does understand ...
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Diary entry for 1916-04-22
... as security for papers that are distributed, so for every word in the brain there ought to be a kind of security of thoughts and specific evidence. The tragedy of mankind, however, lies in the fact that words never find such security. They spring to ...
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Diary entry for 1916-04-27
... more than the pains of need themselves. Therefore the human drive aims rather at avoiding such a bitter-tasting dependence. Herein lies the root of all avarice. Return to the Viennese laundry company. In their last hour of need, people often become also ...