No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Right is its own defense.
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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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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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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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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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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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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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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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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Eats first, morals after.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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