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

Bertolt Brecht

General, 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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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm
I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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About Country Live Place
Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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Criminals Doe Lying
One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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Men Real Screen Voice
A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Giving Men Police Six Street Time
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
The fate of man is man.
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Fate Men Trust
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Great Something Virtue Wrong
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Great Healthy Sports
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Anticipation Death Life
Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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Gone Love Sad Taste
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
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
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

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

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