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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.

Bertolt Brecht

Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Brain Division Labor
It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Ahead Literature Travel
To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Finesse Mean Process
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Clever Lying Smart
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
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
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
Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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Army War Years
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Fighting May People

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