No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
BERTOLT BRECHTThose against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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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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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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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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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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