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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

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
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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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm
The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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Forever Mills Wheels
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Alone Happiness Joy Men
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Able Strong Theatre
It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Ahead Literature Travel
Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Another Government People
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
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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Fall Heaven Snow
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Money One Open Stealing
People who understand everything get no stories.
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People Stories Understand
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Fighting Loses Lost
For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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Men Stars Thinking
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
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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Knives Order Sweat
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Design Difficult Simplicity Software
The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Comfortable Dog Newspaper Planting Shoe Singing
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful
Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Book Change Dog Morning
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat

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