If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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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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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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First the grub, then the morals.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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The fate of man is man.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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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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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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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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Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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But something’s missing.
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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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In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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