The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
BERTOLT BRECHTWriters can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
BERTOLT BRECHTIt was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
BERTOLT BRECHTTerrible is the temptation to be good.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen 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.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
BERTOLT BRECHTThen 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.
BERTOLT BRECHTOnly bad generals need heroes.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
BERTOLT BRECHTI am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
BERTOLT BRECHTWould it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
BERTOLT BRECHTLittle changes are the enemies of great changes.
BERTOLT BRECHTHe who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
BERTOLT BRECHTFor art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen 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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