You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
BERTOLT BRECHTI was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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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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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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