Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen 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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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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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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Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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