For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
BERTOLT BRECHTFirst the grub, then the morals.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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 is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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First the pork chops, then morality
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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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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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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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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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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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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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