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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.

Bertolt Brecht

Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Approaching Folk Hands Knives Men
I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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Men Show Traded
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Children Hate Ignorance
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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Fall Rain Summer
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
The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Lasts People War
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
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
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Guest Home Wind
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Alone Happiness Joy Men
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive

The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.

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