What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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The fate of man is man.
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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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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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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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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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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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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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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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