Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
BERTOLT BRECHTArt and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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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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Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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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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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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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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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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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 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.
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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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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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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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