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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

Bertolt Brecht

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
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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Abuse Kissing Race
A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Giving Men Police Six Street Time
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear
When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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Mean World
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise

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