Everyone needs help from everyone.
BERTOLT BRECHTRecently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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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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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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The 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.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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