Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
BERTOLT BRECHTUnhappiness doesn’t grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won’t fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man’s doing.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
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With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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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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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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