Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
BERTOLT BRECHTCome in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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 mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Grub first, then ethics.
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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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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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One must live well to know what living is.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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