First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
BERTOLT BRECHTWith drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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The 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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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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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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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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