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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

Bertolt Brecht

Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Fall Men Tiles
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Change Moving Stay Strong
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar
Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Great Healthy Sports
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Fall Rain Summer
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Already Fighting May
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Dark Inspirational Singing
The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Eran Hopefully Mobilization Out Place Seller Written
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality

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