The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe righteous one has no sense of humor.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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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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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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