Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
BERTOLT BRECHTOf all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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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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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Eats first, morals after.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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