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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.

Bertolt Brecht

What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
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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Fall Rain Summer
Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Democracy Favors Freedom
Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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Even Greater Love Lover Peace Provided War
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons
Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Another Government People
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful
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
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral

Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.

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