Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
BERTOLT BRECHTRecently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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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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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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There 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.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
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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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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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