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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.

Bertolt Brecht

Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
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
Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Anger Dies Moral
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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Mean World
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Kind Silence Tree
Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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Art Science Views Work
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart
All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Fool Government Splits
The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Knives Order Sweat
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
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Death Fear Life
The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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Appreciation Littles Progress
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Ground Knows Others Ourselves
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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Clothes Feelings Writing

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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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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