I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
BERTOLT BRECHTGeneral, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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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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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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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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First the pork chops, then morality
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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