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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.

Bertolt Brecht

For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Clever Lying Smart
I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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About Country Live Place
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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Bears Creating Earth
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” 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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Become Doing Evil Invisible Suffering
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
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Majority Purpose Shoulders
If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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Fighting Lost
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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Alive Sex Trying
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
When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Collapse House Littles
Only bad generals need heroes.
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General Hero Needs
You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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Defend Truth Weak
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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Ground Knows Others Ourselves
Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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Thinking War Writing
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Believe Knows Learn

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