There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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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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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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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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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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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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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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The fate of man is man.
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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When 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.
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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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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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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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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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