Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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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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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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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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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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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 wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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