Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
BERTOLT BRECHTI don’t trust him. We’re friends.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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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?
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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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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