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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.

Bertolt Brecht

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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Children Hate Ignorance
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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Men Show Traded
There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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Moving People Trouble
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 Good Mighty Share
Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Fall Men Tiles
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Able Strong Theatre
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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Eran Hopefully Mobilization Out Place Seller Written
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Join Race Rat
Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted
The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Appreciation Littles Progress
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
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
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Order Reality Representation
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Democracy Favors Freedom
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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Fall Rain Summer
If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special
A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Art Heart Order Philosophy
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Anticipation Death Life
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Mistake Wine Wisdom
You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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God Sky Storm
Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Men Scholarship Turns

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