What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
BERTOLT BRECHTLife is short and so is money.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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First the pork chops, then morality
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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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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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