Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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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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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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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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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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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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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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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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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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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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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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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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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