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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.

Bertolt Brecht

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
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
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Death Fear Life
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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Government Party People
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Change Enemy Littles
When 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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Fall Rain Summer
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Lying Running Writing
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful

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