It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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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 newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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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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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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