"Don't you have any principles?", asked Nately.
"Of course not!"
"No morality?"
"I'm a very moral man, and Italy is a very moral country. That's why we will certainly come out on top again if we succeed in being defeated."
"You talk like a madman."
"But I live like a sane one. I was a fascist when Mussolini was on top. Now that he has been deposed, I am anti-fascist. When the Germans were here, I was fanatically pro-German. Now I'm fanatically pro-American. You'll find no more loyal partisan in all of Italy than myself."
"You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
"You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know."
"How do you know?"
"Because I am 107-years-old. How old are you?"
"I'll be 20 in January."
"If you live..."
"Nately died a wealthy man, Yossarian. He had over sixty shares in the syndicate."
"What difference does that make? He's dead."
"Then his family will get it."
"He didn't have time to have a family."
"Then his parents will get it."
"They don't need it, they're rich."
"Then they'll understand."
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