The Grand Station for all trains of thought about Švejk...
the second component of The INTERNational Memorial of Eavesdropping And Wiretapping
What spring feeds the waters coming out of the corner of the Mouth of Truth? In John 7:38 we read "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." Matthew informs us in 15:18, saying "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man." Is the Mouth of Truth speaking life-saving information into Bretschneider's Ear or is it whispering poisonous denunciation of his neighbor?