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Right is its own defense.
Bertolt Brecht
Defense
Right
Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.
Bertolt Brecht
Poverty
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
Bertolt Brecht
Leadership
What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.
Bertolt Brecht
Life
Living
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
Bertolt Brecht
Man
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
Bertolt Brecht
First
Everyone needs help from everyone.
Bertolt Brecht
Help
Needs
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
Bertolt Brecht
Happiness
Right
Don't tell me peace has broken out.
Bertolt Brecht
Peace
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
Bertolt Brecht
Death
Life
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
Bertolt Brecht
Death
Life
Fear
He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.
Bertolt Brecht
News
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
Bertolt Brecht
Will
People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
Bertolt Brecht
People
Trouble
Grub first, then ethics.
Bertolt Brecht
Ethics
First