The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
BERTOLT BRECHTA man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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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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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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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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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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The fate of man is man.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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