In the contradiction lies the hope.
BERTOLT BRECHTIntelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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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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