People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
BERTOLT BRECHTGeneral, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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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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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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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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Life is short and so is money.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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