Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
BERTOLT BRECHTIt is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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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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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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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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Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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Eats first, morals after.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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