One must live well to know what living is.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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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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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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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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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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On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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