Baron Munchausen Quotes

Germany, Politician
May 11, 1720 – February, 22, 1797.

Baron Munchausen (German: May 11, 1720 – February 22, 1797) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen.

Reality? Your "reality", sir, is lies and balderdash, and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

Baron Munchausen
- Reality
- Grasp
- Balderdash
Trust me, madam. Your underwear is in good hands.

Baron Munchausen
- Trust
- Hands
- Underwear

And that was only one of the many occasions on which I met my death, an experience which I never hesitate strongly to recommend.

Baron Munchausen
They're inviting us to defeat them! We must oblige them!

Baron Munchausen
- Defeat
- Oblige
I have learned from experience that a modicum of snuff can be most efficacious.

Baron Munchausen
Everyone who had a talent for it lived happily ever after.

Baron Munchausen
- Happy
- Talent
Why, why, why? Because it's all logic and reason now! Science, progress, chip-chip... Laws of hydraulics, laws of social dynamics, laws of this, that and the other... No place for three legged Cyclops in the South Seas... no place for cucumber trees and oceans of vine... no place for me!

Baron Munchausen
- Science
- Reason
- Laws