The righteous one has no sense of humor.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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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.
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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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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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