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First the grub, then the morals.

Bertolt Brecht

The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Storm Tree Violent
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Great Healthy Sports
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality
War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Life Love Military
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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Clothes Feelings Writing
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
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
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
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
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
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Kind Silence Tree
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

First the grub, then the morals.

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