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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

Bertolt Brecht

I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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Clothes Feelings Writing
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Lying Running Writing
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Ground Knows Others Ourselves
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
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Death Fear Life
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
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
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Fall Rain Summer
What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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Banking Breaking Literature Silence
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Life Love Military
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
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Cutting Men Transfusion War

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