In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
BERTOLT BRECHTIn my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe 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 BRECHTIn the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
BERTOLT BRECHTA 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.
BERTOLT BRECHTArt and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
BERTOLT BRECHTGrub first, then ethics.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
BERTOLT BRECHTAs regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
BERTOLT BRECHTTo those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
BERTOLT BRECHTFrom the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
BERTOLT BRECHTFirst the pork chops, then morality
BERTOLT BRECHTWriters can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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