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

Bertolt Brecht

Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Fall Men Tiles
People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Faces Fall People
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Lying Running Writing
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
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
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
Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Book Change Dog Morning
Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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Confusion Humanity Nature
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
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
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Founding Funny Money Robbing
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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Men Show Traded

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