The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
BERTOLT BRECHTDon’t tell me peace has broken out.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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But something’s missing.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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The fate of man is man.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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