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The Nazis may write like schoolboys, but they're capable of anything. That's just why they're so dangerous. People laugh at them, right up to the last moment...
The Nazis may write like schoolboys, but they're capable of anything. That's just why they're so dangerous. People laugh at them, right up to the last moment...
Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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- Christopher Isherwood
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- Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Christopher Isherwood: life dates 1904 to 1986. Wikidata Q310111, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310111 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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