First the pork chops, then morality
BERTOLT BRECHTTo those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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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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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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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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Eats first, morals after.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. …
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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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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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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