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Life is short and so is money.

Bertolt Brecht

None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Common Folk Leader War
The fate of man is man.
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Fate Men Trust
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Fun People Theatre
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Art Hammers Mirrors
Right is its own defense.
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Defense Literature Own Right
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Change Moving Stay Strong
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Ground Knows Others Ourselves
For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Clever Lying Smart
Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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Art Science Views Work
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise

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