Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
BERTOLT BRECHTOne must live well to know what living is.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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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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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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