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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.

Bertolt Brecht

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
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn
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
Right is its own defense.
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Defense Literature Own Right
The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Comfortable Dog Newspaper Planting Shoe Singing
People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Long People Silly
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Happiness Hero Land
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Fall Rain Summer
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Expected Good People Remain
…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Design Difficult Simplicity Software
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Breaths Finals Fresh Start
Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Block Book Kings
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Art Fashion Mean
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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Finest Spoil
Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Belief Men Running
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Death Fear Life
Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Fortune Good Mighty Share
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Founding Funny Money Robbing
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Art Discovery Reality
If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Money One Open Stealing
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Feelings Historical Theatre
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Common Folk Lying War
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
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Latter Stupidity Workers
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Curves Distance Two
A theater without beer is just a museum
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Beer Museums Theater

Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.

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