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.
BERTOLT BRECHTOnly bad generals need heroes.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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First the grub, then the morals.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Life is short and so is money.
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” 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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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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