First the pork chops, then morality
BERTOLT BRECHTWe often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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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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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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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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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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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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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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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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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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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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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Eats first, morals after.
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