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Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.

Bertolt Brecht

Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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Army War Years
What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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Good Knows Rapture Things
One must live well to know what living is.
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Knows Live Must Well
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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Going Hurry Like
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Men Struggle Years
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Defect Men Thinking
I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Friendship Negative Trust
Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Anticipation Death Life
What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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Peace Running 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
The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Storm Tree Violent
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
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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Black Proposition Running Sensible Show Support
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying

Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.

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