People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
BERTOLT BRECHTGrub first, then ethics.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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Right is its own defense.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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