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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

Bertolt Brecht

Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Finesse Mean Process
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Banker Clerk Fog
If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Money One Open Stealing
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Kind Silence Tree
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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Belief Men Running
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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Emperor Finest Ruined
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
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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Clothes Feelings Writing
What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Gratitude Life Sadness
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Defect Men Thinking
For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Clever Lying Smart
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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Alive Sex Trying
Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Approaching Folk Hands Knives Men
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
Only bad generals need heroes.
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General Hero Needs

General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

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