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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.

Bertolt Brecht

The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Knives Order Sweat
Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Book Change Dog Morning
On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Brother Cities Thinking
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Another Government People
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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Art Epic Film History Purpose Song
The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Eran Hopefully Mobilization Out Place Seller Written
War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Life Love Military
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
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
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent

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