When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
BERTOLT BRECHTFrom the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” 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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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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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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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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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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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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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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