Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
BERTOLT BRECHTLove is the wish to give, not to receive.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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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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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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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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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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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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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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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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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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