Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe fate of man is man.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Life is short and so is money.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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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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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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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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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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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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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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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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