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.
BERTOLT BRECHTFor what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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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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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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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 is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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Right is its own defense.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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