Bertolt Brecht on fighting
Bertolt Brecht170 quotes“He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.”
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What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Life is short and so is money.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht War is like love, it always finds a way.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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Adam SchiffAdam Schiff It seems people don’t read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken.
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