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The righteous one has no sense of humor.

Bertolt Brecht

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
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Bird Perspective Squirrels
Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Democracy Favors Freedom
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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Government Party People
Only bad generals need heroes.
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General Hero Needs
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Art Mirror Reality
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Common Folk Leader War
From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Fun People Theatre
A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Art Heart Order Philosophy
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Mistake Wine Wisdom
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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Finest Spoil
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Brother Cities Thinking

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