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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.

Bertolt Brecht

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Mistake Moving Wisdom
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Fun Inspirational Shows
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Feelings Historical Theatre
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Contentment Country Sacrifice
A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Art Heart Order Philosophy
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
People who understand everything get no stories.
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People Stories Understand
War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Life Love Military
It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Ahead Literature Travel
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
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
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality
Only bad generals need heroes.
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General Hero Needs

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