If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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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 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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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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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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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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What’s a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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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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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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