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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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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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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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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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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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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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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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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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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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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