Bertolt Brecht on kissing
“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.”
More Bertolt Brecht quotes
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Life is short and so is money.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht War is like love, it always finds a way.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The fate of man is man.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Why be a man when you can be a success?
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