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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.

Bertolt Brecht

People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Fighting May People
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Cheesy Funny Gone Good Morning
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Account Knows Science
Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Mistake Wine Wisdom
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
Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Literature Temptation Terrible
What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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Banking Breaking Literature Silence
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Fall Heaven Snow
Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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Reality Taken Writing
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Lying Running Writing
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar
When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Always Another Names
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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Even Greater Love Lover Peace Provided War

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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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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