Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
BERTOLT BRECHTGrub first, then ethics.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
BERTOLT BRECHTOn thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
BERTOLT BRECHTIn the contradiction lies the hope.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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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.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe 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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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
BERTOLT BRECHTYou have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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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.
BERTOLT BRECHTThose 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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When you name yourself, you always name another.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen you name yourself, you always name another.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
BERTOLT BRECHTCome in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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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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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
BERTOLT BRECHTPleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
BERTOLT BRECHTWar is like love, it always finds a way.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
BERTOLT BRECHTReality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
BERTOLT BRECHTTheir peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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