Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
BERTOLT BRECHTIn the contradiction lies the hope.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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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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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Eats first, morals after.
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Life is short and so is money.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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