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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.

Bertolt Brecht

Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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Moving People Trouble
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Bother Carries Defect Faster General Man Storm
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Brain Division Labor
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Diversity Justice Struggle
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Great Something Virtue Wrong
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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Crush Men Powerful
The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Eran Hopefully Mobilization Out Place Seller Written
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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Alive Sex Trying
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
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

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