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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.

Bertolt Brecht

The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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Abuse Kissing Race
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
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Comfortable Dog Newspaper Planting Shoe Singing
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Dark Inspirational Singing
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
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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Errors Science Wisdom
When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Always Another Names
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
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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Government People War
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Fortune Good Mighty Share
Life is short and so is money.
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Cute Life Money Short
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Great Something Virtue Wrong
People who understand everything get no stories.
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People Stories Understand
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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Army War Years

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