Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen you name yourself, you always name another.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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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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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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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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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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