I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
BERTOLT BRECHTOnly bad generals need heroes.
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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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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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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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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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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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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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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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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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But something’s missing.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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