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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.

Bertolt Brecht

The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Alone Happiness Joy Men
When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Always Another Names
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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Confusion Humanity Nature
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
Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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Even Greater Love Lover Peace Provided War
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
I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Going Hurry Like
Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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Black Proposition Running Sensible Show Support
Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Mistake Wine Wisdom
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Art Discovery Reality
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Broken Out Peace
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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Order Reality Tables

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