The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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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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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Life is short and so is money.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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