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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.

Bertolt Brecht

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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Declaring Running War
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
Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Important Sometimes Taste
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
I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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Brains Cart Front Patch Skull
I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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About Country Live Place
Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Inspirational Life Motivational
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
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
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Fall Rain Summer
I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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Clothes Feelings Writing
The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Laughing Laughter Men
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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Alabama Bye Moon
There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Men Struggle Years

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