When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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For the task assigned them Men aren’t smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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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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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other’s faces.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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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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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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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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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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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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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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