If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
BERTOLT BRECHTScience knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Life is short and so is money.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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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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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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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 wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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