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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.

Bertolt Brecht

There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Latter Stupidity Workers
The fate of man is man.
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Fate Men Trust
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
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
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
Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Approaching Folk Hands Knives Men
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart
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
The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Eran Hopefully Mobilization Out Place Seller Written
The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Fall Hurt Rain
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
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
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
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
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

On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.

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