From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
BERTOLT BRECHTPoverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Young Alexander conquered India. He alone? Caesar beat the Gauls. Was there not even a cook in his army? Philip of Spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears? Frederick the Great triumphed in the Seven Years War. Who Triumphed with him?
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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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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To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
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Eats first, morals after.
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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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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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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