As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhy be a man when you can be a success?
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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The fate of man is man.
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Right is its own defense.
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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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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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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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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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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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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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