A theater without beer is just a museum
BERTOLT BRECHTArt and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Little changes are the enemies of great changes.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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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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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.
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