Bertolt Brecht on wells
Bertolt Brecht170 quotes“Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.”
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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Everyone needs help from everyone.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
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Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote I genuinely don’t know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.
Benedict CumberbatchBenedict Cumberbatch I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.
Bernard Law MontgomeryBernard Law Montgomery Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson Well, I would say that I’m just drifting. Here in the pool.
Benjamin DayBenjamin Day Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
Benjamin HoffBenjamin Hoff Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
Benjamin E. MaysBenjamin E. Mays Well, it’s wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.
Ben KingsleyBen Kingsley