No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
BERTOLT BRECHTEach of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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The fate of man is man.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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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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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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