Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
BERTOLT BRECHTToday every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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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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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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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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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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