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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war

Bertolt Brecht

People who understand everything get no stories.
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People Stories Understand
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
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
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Always Another Names
To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Finesse Mean Process
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Gratitude Life Sadness
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Fool Government Splits
There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Men Struggle 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

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