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The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.
The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.
Approximate author period: c. 1927 AD · modern
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- Bertolt Brecht
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- Approximate author period: c. 1927 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1898 to 1956; Wikidata Q38757, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38757 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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