He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
BERTOLT BRECHTIn the contradiction lies the hope.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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But something’s missing.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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Right is its own defense.
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Eats first, morals after.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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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.
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