To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen 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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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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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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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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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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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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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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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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