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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.

Bertolt Brecht

When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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Men Stars Thinking
The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Storm Tree Violent
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Majority Purpose Shoulders
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Declaring Running War
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Alone Happiness Joy Men
Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Important Sometimes Taste
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
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
Only bad generals need heroes.
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General Hero Needs
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck

There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.

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