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.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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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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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Life is short and so is money.
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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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