Only bad generals need heroes.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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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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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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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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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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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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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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