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.
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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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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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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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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