Bertolt Brecht on today
Bertolt Brecht170 quotes“Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.”
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht A theater without beer is just a museum
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Terrible is the temptation to be good.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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