Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher’s knife, as their fat arses Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs…. Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.
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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 world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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