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.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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If you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
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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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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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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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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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Right is its own defense.
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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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