Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
BERTOLT BRECHTYou don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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People who understand everything get no stories.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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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 must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
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