Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.
BERTOLT BRECHTWe often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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Right is its own defense.
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The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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Great sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
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You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
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Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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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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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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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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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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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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Grub first, then ethics.
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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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You can’t write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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