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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.

Bertolt Brecht

Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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Reality Taken Writing
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Latter Stupidity Workers
To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Finesse Mean Process
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
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
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
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
It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Acting Men People
Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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Army War Years
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
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
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Comfortable Dog Newspaper Planting Shoe Singing

Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.

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