The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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But something’s missing.
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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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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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Right is its own defense.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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