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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war

Bertolt Brecht

First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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Faces Firsts Talk
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear
Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Another Government People
It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Defend Truth Weak
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
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
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
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Common Folk Lying War
What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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Good Knows Rapture Things
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
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
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Fool Government Splits

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