First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
BERTOLT BRECHTThose who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Life is short and so is money.
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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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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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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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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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