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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.

Bertolt Brecht

Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Giving Love Wish
Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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Confusion Humanity Nature
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
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
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Latter Stupidity Workers
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Fortune Good Mighty Share
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory
First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Broken Out Peace
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
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Ahead Literature Travel
If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special

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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