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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.

Bertolt Brecht

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 Government Splits
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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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots
He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Fighting Loses Lost
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Common Folk Lying War
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Life Love Military
Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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Confusion Humanity Impossible
Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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Art Science Views Work
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater
People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Faces Fall People
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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Army War Years
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Fall Hurt Rain
Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Broken Out Peace
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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Crush Men Powerful

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