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First the pork chops, then morality

Bertolt Brecht

The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Lasts People War
Right is its own defense.
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Defense Literature Own Right
The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Appreciation Littles Progress
It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Come Late never Too
If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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Fighting Lost
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
People who understand everything get no stories.
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People Stories Understand
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Thinking War Writing
Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Important Sometimes Taste
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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Art Embrace Hands War
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Defeat Sunset Victory

First the pork chops, then morality

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