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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

Bertolt Brecht

Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Bird Perspective Squirrels
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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Black Proposition Running Sensible Show Support
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Death Fear Life
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Art Discovery Reality
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Declaring Running War
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Men Scholarship Turns
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Fall Men Tiles
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Desire Reality Understanding

Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

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