Anthony Burgess - Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for t...

Anthony Burgess Zitate

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.

Anthony Burgess

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Amerikaner werden zuhören, aber sie lesen nicht gern. Krieg und Frieden müssen auf die Freizeit warten, die nie wirklich kommt: Inzwischen hilft es, das Wohnzimmer einzurichten.

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