When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
BERTOLT BRECHTOne forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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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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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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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.
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Life is short and so is money.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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