What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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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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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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