The fate of man is man.
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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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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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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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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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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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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