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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.

Bertolt Brecht

Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Book Change Dog Morning
Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Change Enemy Littles
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Demand Literature Long
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Already Fighting May
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Change Moving Stay Strong
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Common Folk Leader War
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Art Discovery Reality
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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Even Greater Love Lover Peace Provided War
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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Reality Taken Writing

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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