If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
BERTOLT BRECHTRight is its own defense.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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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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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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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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First the pork chops, then morality
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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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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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Only bad generals need heroes.
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