Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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First the pork chops, then morality
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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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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When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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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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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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