The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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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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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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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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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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