Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
BERTOLT BRECHTThose who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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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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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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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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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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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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