Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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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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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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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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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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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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