When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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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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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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