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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.

Bertolt Brecht

Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Change Enemy Littles
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
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Children Hate Ignorance
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
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
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Kind Silence Tree
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Declaring Running War
If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Fun Inspirational Shows
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Alone Happiness Joy Men
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Diversity Justice Struggle
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Banker Clerk Fog
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Founding Funny Money Robbing
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear
Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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Even Greater Love Lover Peace Provided War

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