The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
BERTOLT BRECHTErst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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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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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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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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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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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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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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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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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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First the pork chops, then morality
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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