As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
BERTOLT BRECHTI Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?
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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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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 the wish to give, not to receive.
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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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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