Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
BERTOLT BRECHTThere are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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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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First the grub, then the morals.
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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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What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
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A 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.
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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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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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Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
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