Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
BERTOLT BRECHTFirst the pork chops, then morality
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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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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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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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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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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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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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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