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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

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Coffins Underwear

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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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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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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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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Knives Order
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Defect
When you name yourself, you always name another.

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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Another Names
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Fortune Mighty
Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.

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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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First the pork chops, then morality

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First the pork chops, then morality
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Firsts Morality Pork
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.

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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Nothing
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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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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Years
Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.

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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Guest
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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Fool Splits
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!

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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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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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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
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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Dwelling Object
We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.

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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

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