What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
BERTOLT BRECHTThe shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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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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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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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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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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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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