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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.

Bertolt Brecht

Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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Alabama Bye Moon
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Clever Lying Smart
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
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Ground Knows Others Ourselves
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Majority Purpose Shoulders
On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Brother Cities Thinking
In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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Adequately Great Recognized Understanding
Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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Army War Years
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Already Fighting May
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Great Healthy Sports
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Gratitude Life Sadness
What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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Peace Running War
Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Mistake Wine Wisdom
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Inspirational Life Motivational
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
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food

Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.

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