For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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