The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
BERTOLT BRECHTOne forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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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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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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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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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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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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People who understand everything get no stories.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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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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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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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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