Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.
BERTOLT BRECHTScience knows only one commandment – contribute to science.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Unhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
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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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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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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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One must live well to know what living is.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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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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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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