Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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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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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 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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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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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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