Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
BERTOLT BRECHTReality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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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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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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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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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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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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First the pork chops, then morality
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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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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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