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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.

Bertolt Brecht

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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Errors Science Wisdom
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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Lasts People War
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Fighting May People
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Light Planning Shining
Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Mistake Wine Wisdom
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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Black Proposition Running Sensible Show Support
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
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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Acting Men People
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Fire Nothing World
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
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Fighting Loses Lost
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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Children Hate Ignorance
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Great Something Virtue Wrong
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear

Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.

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