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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.

Bertolt Brecht

Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Tree Wood Writing
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
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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Banking Breaking Literature Silence
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Fortune Good Mighty Share
Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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Characteristics Each Face Spitting
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
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
Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Politics Suppose War
When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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Mean World
But something’s missing.
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Lot Missing Something
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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Finest Spoil
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

Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.

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