Terrible is the temptation to be good.
BERTOLT BRECHT
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Epic
The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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