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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.

Bertolt Brecht

It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too
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
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
The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Appreciation Littles Progress
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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Fall Rain Summer
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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Alabama Bye Moon
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Light Planning Shining
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Anticipation Death Life
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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Confusion Humanity Impossible
Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Great Healthy Sports
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
Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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Reality Taken Writing
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph

The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.

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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.

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