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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?

Bertolt Brecht

If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Money One Open Stealing
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
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Brain Division Labor
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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Finest Spoil
Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Great Healthy Sports
From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Fun People Theatre
To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Finesse Mean Process
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 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
Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Guest Home Wind
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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Characteristics Each Face Spitting
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Defend Truth Weak
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
If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Fun Inspirational Shows

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