Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
BERTOLT BRECHTLove is the wish to give, not to receive.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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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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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.
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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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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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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