When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
BERTOLT BRECHTSomething ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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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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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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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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