Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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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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It’s never too late for those whose time has come.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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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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The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.
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There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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