The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
BERTOLT BRECHTEats first, morals after.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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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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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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The fate of man is man.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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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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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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