The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
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Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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First the pork chops, then morality
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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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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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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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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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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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