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Why be a man when you can be a success?

Bertolt Brecht

A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Giving Men Police Six Street Time
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Crazy Literature Teacher
On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Brother Cities Thinking
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something
Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Broken Out Peace
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Fall Rain Summer
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Great Something Virtue Wrong
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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Adequately Great Recognized Understanding
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Ground Knows Others Ourselves
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted

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