Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
BERTOLT BRECHTLove is the wish to give, not to receive.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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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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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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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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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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The fate of man is man.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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