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Eats first, morals after.

Bertolt Brecht

Grub first, then ethics.
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Cooking First Food
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
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
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Art Living Service
Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Change Enemy Littles
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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Lasts People War
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Clean Coffins Literature Underwear
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Money One Open Stealing
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Peace Storm War Wind
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Fear Today Triumph
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart
He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Laughing News Terrible
Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Impact Lying Mistakes
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Being Good Human Nature Taste
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land

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