People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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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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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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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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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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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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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 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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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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First the pork chops, then morality
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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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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Eats first, morals after.
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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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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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