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Bertolt Brecht

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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Moving People Trouble
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Children Hate Ignorance
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Diversity Justice Struggle
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Contentment Country Sacrifice
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Common Folk Leader War
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Defect Men Thinking
Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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Condition Example Made Realist
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart
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

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