First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
BERTOLT BRECHTFirst feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
BERTOLT BRECHTFrom the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
BERTOLT BRECHTWould it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
BERTOLT BRECHTIt’s never too late for those whose time has come.
BERTOLT BRECHTYou have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
BERTOLT BRECHTToday every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
BERTOLT BRECHTIn the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
BERTOLT BRECHTYoung 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?
BERTOLT BRECHTSchoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
BERTOLT BRECHTSuppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
BERTOLT BRECHTIt isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
BERTOLT BRECHTAll 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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