It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
BERTOLT BRECHTNo one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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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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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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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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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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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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