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Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.

Bertolt Brecht

Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Banker Clerk Fog
Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Giving Love Wish
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Mistake Moving Wisdom
The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Lasts People War
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Bird Perspective Squirrels
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Anticipation Death Life
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
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
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Another Government People
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
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
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
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

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