Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
BERTOLT BRECHTCome in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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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.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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