Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
BERTOLT BRECHTRight is its own defense.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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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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The fate of man is man.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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