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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.

Bertolt Brecht

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
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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Men Stars Thinking
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
First the grub, then the morals.
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Firsts Miscellaneous Moral
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Fighting May People
What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Gratitude Life Sadness
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Able Strong Theatre
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Brain Division Labor
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
None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
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
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar

General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.

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