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Life is short and so is money.

Bertolt Brecht

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
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Banker Clerk Fog
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Fighting Loses Lost
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Bird Perspective Squirrels
It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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Bills Hotel Pay
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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Art Epic Film History Purpose Song
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Acting Men People
A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Art Heart Order Philosophy
Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Book Change Dog Morning
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons

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