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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?

Bertolt Brecht

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
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
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Country Hero Needs
When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Always Another Names
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
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Emperor Finest Ruined
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People Sitting Spring
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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Fighting Lost
The fate of man is man.
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Fate Men Trust
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
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear
Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Fearful Goodness Seductive

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