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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.

Bertolt Brecht

Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Block Book Kings
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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Features Hatred
A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Art Heart Order Philosophy
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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Confusion Humanity Nature
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Great Something Virtue Wrong
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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Dwelling Object People Tool
Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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Gone Love Sad Taste
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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Bird Perspective Squirrels
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater

Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.

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