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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

Bertolt Brecht

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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Brains Cart Front Patch Skull
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
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Fortune Good Mighty Share
When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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Mean World
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality
Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Mistake Wine Wisdom
Right is its own defense.
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Defense Literature Own Right
What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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Peace Running War
Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Giving Love Wish
If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Money One Open Stealing
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
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

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.

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