Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
BERTOLT BRECHTIn the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
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Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of.
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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.
BERTOLT BRECHTThen 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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When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” 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.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhen evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!” 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 mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
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What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?
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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
BERTOLT BRECHTSome party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
BERTOLT BRECHTPleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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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.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere 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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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
BERTOLT BRECHTArt is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
BERTOLT BRECHTIn the contradiction lies the hope.
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Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
BERTOLT BRECHTPoverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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The fate of man is man.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe fate of man is man.
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
BERTOLT BRECHTToday every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
BERTOLT BRECHTWar is like love, it always finds a way.
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