Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
BERTOLT BRECHTUnhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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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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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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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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Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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