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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

Bertolt Brecht

The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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Forever Mills Wheels
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
Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Approaching Folk Hands Knives Men
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Common Folk Lying War
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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Good Knows Rapture Things
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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Change Nothing Reality Representation
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something
I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
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Cutting Men Transfusion War
In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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Adequately Great Recognized Understanding
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
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar

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