There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
BERTOLT BRECHTA good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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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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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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