Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
BERTOLT BRECHTOne can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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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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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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The fate of man is man.
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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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