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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.

Bertolt Brecht

Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Block Book Kings
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Common Folk Lying War
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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Men Stars Thinking
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
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
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Diversity Justice Struggle
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
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
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
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
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting

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