The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Grub first, then ethics.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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