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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

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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.

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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Running
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.

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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.

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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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Traded
Why be a man when you can be a success?

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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Violent
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.

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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Knows Others
When you name yourself, you always name another.

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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Another Names
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.

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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Wanted
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Right is its own defense.

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Right is its own defense.
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Defense Own
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Wells
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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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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Squirrels
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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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.

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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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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.

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