The 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.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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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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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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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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