The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
BERTOLT BRECHTHe who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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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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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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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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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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