"He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy."
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"What's a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other."
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"It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive."
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"Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes."
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"You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!"
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"Righteous people have no sense of humor."
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"As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve."
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"Fearful is the seductive power of goodness."
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"The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context."
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"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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"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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"For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables. Methods become exhausted; stimuli no longer work. New problems appear and demand new methods. Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new."
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"But something's missing."
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"A 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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"A theater without beer is just a museum"
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"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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"It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead."
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"There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour."
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"Only bad generals need heroes."
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"Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste."
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