Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
BERTOLT BRECHTDon’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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All 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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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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