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Grub first, then ethics.

Bertolt Brecht

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
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
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
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Fighting May People
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
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science
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
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Founding Funny Money Robbing
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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Faces Firsts Talk
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
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Dark Inspirational Singing
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Fool Government Splits

Grub first, then ethics.

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