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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.

Bertolt Brecht

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Acting Men People
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
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Common Folk Lying War
I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
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Cutting Men Transfusion War
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Defend Truth Weak
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Great Something Virtue Wrong
The fate of man is man.
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Fate Men Trust
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
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
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
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” 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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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Always Another Names
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two

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