It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
BERTOLT BRECHTFirst feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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A theater without beer is just a museum
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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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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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