Life is short and so is money.
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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First the pork chops, then morality
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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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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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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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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Right is its own defense.
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But something’s missing.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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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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