Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
BERTOLT BRECHTGeneral, 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.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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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.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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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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A theater without beer is just a museum
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