All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods.
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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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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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines all depend on political decisions.
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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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One must live well to know what living is.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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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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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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