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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?

Bertolt Brecht

It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Ahead Literature Travel
Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Belief Men Running
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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Approaching Folk Hands Knives Men
Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Bad Good Luck
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Art Discovery Reality
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Feelings Historical Theatre
If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Art Mirrors Special
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Poverty Wells Wise
When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Doe Hurt Scar
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Mistake Moving Wisdom
Everyone needs help from everyone.
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Collaboration Helping Needs
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Boys Broken Girl Heart
Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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Be Good Temptation Terrible
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Enemy Himself Speak
You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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May Philosophy Waiting
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Deserve Innocent Shots

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