The Very Same Munchhausen

Baron Münchhausen: The situation was desperate. I had to choose one of two things: to die or to save myself somehow. The Hunter: What did you choose? Baron Münchhausen: Guess what.

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The Hunter: Do you claim, a man can lift himself up by hair? Baron Münchhausen: Absolutely! A thinking man must do it from time to time.

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Pastor: I've already noticed, baron, you've got rare books. Baron Münchhausen: Yes, many of them are autographed. Pastor: It must be so pleasant. Baron Münchhausen: Sophocles for example. Pastor: Who? Baron Münchhausen: Sophocles. This is his best tragedy "Oedipus Rex" with an inscription. Pastor: For whom? Baron Münchhausen: For me, of course. Here: "To dear Karl from his loving Sophocles to be warmly remembered."

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Baron Münchhausen: She ran away from me two years ago. Pastor: Frankly speaking, Baron, I would have done the same in her shoes. Baron Münchhausen: Therefore I'm going to marry Martha, not you.

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Pastor: You cannot get married the second time with your wife alive. Baron Münchhausen: Are you proposing to kill her?

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Baron Münchhausen: But you do allow kings to get a divorce? Pastor: Well... For kings... In exceptional cases. When they need to produce an offspring. Baron Münchhausen: In order to produce an offspring they need to do something different.

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