He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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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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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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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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Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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