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Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man's doing.
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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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One of the main reasons why the sciences are so poor is that they imagine they are so rich. It isn't their job to throw open the door to infinite wisdom but to put a limit to infinite error.
Galileo speaking
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Born:
February 10, 1898
Died:
August 14, 1956
(aged 58)
Bio:
Eugen Bertolt Friedrich Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director of the 20th century.
Known for:
The Threepenny Opera (1955)
Mother Courage and Her Children (1941)
The Good Person of Szechwan (1943)
Life of Galileo (1940)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1948)
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