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The righteous one has no sense of humor.

Bertolt Brecht

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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Lasts People War
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm
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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Mean World
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Knives Order Sweat
What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Joy Nightmare One Other
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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Condition Example Made Realist
Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph
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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Crush Men Powerful
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Dark Inspirational Singing

The righteous one has no sense of humor.

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