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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.

Bertolt Brecht

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Going Hurry Like
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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Peace Running War
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Fool Government Splits
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
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
Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Guest Home Wind
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
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
Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Democracy Favors Freedom
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
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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Order Reality Tables
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

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