Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
BERTOLT BRECHTOn thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Life is short and so is money.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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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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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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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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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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