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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.

Bertolt Brecht

Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Be Kind Kindness Wanted
Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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Condition Example Made Realist
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Book Men Weapons
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science
Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Musical Schoenberg Sweet
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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Leadership Numbers Two
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Order Reality Tables
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Appreciation Littles Progress
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Alone Happiness Joy Men
The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Fall Hurt Rain

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