To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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Life is short and so is money.
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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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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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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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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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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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