In the contradiction lies the hope.
BERTOLT BRECHTI don’t trust him. We’re friends.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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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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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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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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But something’s missing.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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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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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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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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