Franz Kafka quote about freedom from The Trial - Even that has its reason; it is often better to be in chains than to be free.
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Even that has its reason; it is often better to be in chains than to be free.
 Franz Kafka, The Trial (1925). copy citation

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Author Franz Kafka
Source The Trial
Topic freedom slavery chains
Date 1925
Language English
Reference
Note Translated by David Wyllie
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7849/pg7849-images.html

Context

“"You see, I have the impression that you have not only misjudged the legal assistance I have given you but also that that misjudgement has led you to behave in this way, you seem, although you are the accused, to have been treated too well or, to put it a better way, handled with neglect, with apparent neglect. Even that has its reason; it is often better to be in chains than to be free. But I would like to show you how other defendants are treated, perhaps you will succeed in learning something from it. What I will do is I will call Block in, unlock the door and sit down here beside the bedside table."” source

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