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Bertolt Brecht

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
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Death Fear Life
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Feelings Historical Theatre
Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Important Sometimes Taste
On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Brother Cities Thinking
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Latter Stupidity Workers
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
Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Thinking War Writing
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Banker Clerk Fog
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Fun Inspirational Shows
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Defend Truth Weak
Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Contentment Country Sacrifice

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