B. Traven Quotes

• The creative person should have no other biography than his works.

  B. Traven

  Should Have, Creative, Biographies

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• The deplorable thing is that the people who were tortured yesterday, torture today.

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  Ayer, Gente, Hoy

  B. Traven (1980). “The treasures of B. Traven”, Jonathan Cape

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• If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions! The only real defence civilized man has against anybody who bothers him is to lie. There would be no lies if there were no questions.

  B. Traven

  Lying, Wish, Would Be

  "The treasures of B. Traven".

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• El tesoro que crees que no vale la pena tomarse la molestia y el trabajo de encontrar, éste es el verdadero tesoro que has estado anhelando toda tu vida. El reluciente tesoro que buscas día y noche está enterrado al otro lado de aquella colina.

  B. Traven

  Pain, Real, Lying

  B. Traven (1963). “The Treasure the Sierra Madre”

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• Anyone who is willing to work and is serious about it will certainly find a job. Only you must not go to the man who tells you this, for he has no job to offer and doesn't know anyone who knows of a vacancy. This is exactly the reason why he gives you such generous advice, out of brotherly love, and to demonstrate how little he knows the world.

  B. Traven

  Empleo, Hombres, Dar

  B. Traven (1963). “The Treasure the Sierra Madre”

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• The prison was very important - as everywhere on earth. Everywhere the building of a prison is the first step in the organization of a civilized state.

  B. Traven

  Organization, Important, Earth

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• Morals are taught & preached not for the sake of heaven, but to assist those people on earth who have everything they need & more to retain their possessions & to help them to accumulate still more. Morals is the butter for those who have no bread.

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  People, Heaven, Needs

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• A trip to a Central American jungle to watch how Indians behave near a bridge won't make you see either the jungle or the bridge or the Indians if you believe that the civilization you were born into is the only one that counts. Go and look around with the idea that everything you learned in school and college is wrong.

  B. Traven

  Believe, School, College

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• My personal history would not be disappointing to readers, but it is my own affair which I want to keep to myself. I am in fact in no way more important than is the typesetter for my books, the man who works the mill; no more important than the man who binds my books and the woman who wraps them and the scrubwoman who cleans up the office.

  B. Traven

  Book, Men, Office

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• No sirve de nada sermonear al trabajador sobre la cortesía y la educación cuando, al mismo tiempo, no se le ofrecen condiciones de trabajo en las que pueda ser educado y tener modales suaves.

  B. Traven

  Men, Use, Working Conditions

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