When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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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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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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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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One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.
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Eats first, morals after.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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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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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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