First the grub, then the morals.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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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.
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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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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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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