What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
BERTOLT BRECHTA man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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