When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
BERTOLT BRECHT- Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
BERTOLT BRECHTTheir peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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The fate of man is man.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe fate of man is man.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
BERTOLT BRECHTTerrible is the temptation to be good.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
BERTOLT BRECHTThen I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
BERTOLT BRECHTOne cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
BERTOLT BRECHTIn the contradiction lies the hope.
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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?
BERTOLT BRECHTI 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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Only bad generals need heroes.
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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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