In the contradiction lies the hope.
BERTOLT BRECHTFrom the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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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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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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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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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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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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