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First published January 1, 1929
It is a matter of no great consequence when a teacher indulges in the odd drink, as it is only the pupil who has to be sober. Learning is harder than teaching. You can even teach when you don’t understand, whilst you definitely have to understand if you’re learning ...
"Mr Molotov, you're a good-looking man, why don't you take more care of your appearance?" What do you think of that: a man, and good-looking she says! So I told her, "I don't have a mirror, and beauty is not the same as truth, and anyway you can't see the truth in a mirror."
"In that case Christ could still be alive today, after all, what's a couple of thousand years for God. It could have been thus, if God had wanted. But God wanted his son to be a Jew, that was God's will. And so all we got from God was Jakobson …"
At that, Mr. Maurus seemed to grow despondent. He stood there silently in front of Indrek for a while, as if he'd been unable to say the most important thing.
"This man is stark crazy! He's the first truly crazy person in Mr Maurus's decent and respectable establishment. There have been some half-crazy ones, of course, but this one is totally crazy. He got zero in mathematics but he's one hundred percent crazy himself. And he's decided to take on Mr Maurus's holy bull and Jehovah. He wants to be famous, he wants to win fame in Estonia for killing God. You understand? The first to murder God! He could at least have gone for the devil instead. But no, he doesn't touch the devil, he goes straight for God, as if he couldn't get to the devil otherwise, first he has to despatch God."
... õpilane peab kaine olema, sest õppida on raskem, kui õpetada. Õpetada võib ka siis, kui ise aru ei saa, aga õppides peab tingimata aru saama, muidu pole võimalik ...
„Härra Molotov, teie olete ilus mees, miks te oma välimuse eest sugugi ei hoolitse?“ Mõistate: mees ja ilus. Ütlesin talle: „Mul peeglit ei ole, ilu pole tõde ja tõde ei näe peeglist."
"Ka meie parunid oleksid pidanud siis ise oma viljapäid kitkuma, mitte aga aus ja korralik eesti mees, kelle keskel kõnnib Kristus. Nii oleks see olnud, kui jumal oleks tahtnud. Aga jumal tahtis, et tema poeg oleks juut, nõnda tahtis tema oma armunõuga. Meile saatis ta ainult Jakobsoni …"
Härra Mauruse meel läks nagu nukraks. Hulk aega seisis ta vaikides Indreku ees, nagu jätaks ta kõige tähtsama ütlemata.
"See mees on püsti hull! See on esimene päris hull härra Mauruse ausas ja kõrralikus majas. On olnud küll poolhulle, aga see on täishull. Tema nimi on Indrek Paas. Matemaatika on temal null ja ise on ta hull. Aga härra Maurusele, pühale härjale ja Jehoovale hakkab ta vastu. Tema tahab kuulsaks saada, tema tahab Eestimaal jumala tapmisega kuulsaks saada. Mõistate? Esimene jumala mõrtsukas. Selle asemel oleks võinud ta kuradi maha lüüa. Aga ei, kuradit ta ei puutu, vaid kohe jumala kallale, nagu ei pääseks ta muidu kuradile ligi, enne peab jumala eest maha võtma."