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Bertolt Brecht Quotes

Bertolt Brecht quote: "Mankind lives by its head Its head won't see him..."

Mankind lives by its head
Its head won't see him through
Inspect your own. What lives off that?
At most a louse or two.

Bertolt Brecht

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