Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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The 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.
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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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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Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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