To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Right is its own defense.
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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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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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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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First the pork chops, then morality
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