The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Eats first, morals after.
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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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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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