Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
BERTOLT BRECHTHe who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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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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Only bad generals need heroes.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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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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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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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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I opened the man’s skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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