More from Bertolt Brecht
What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture ’tis to flee it.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Life is short and so is money.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Whenever there are great virtues, it’s a sure sign something’s wrong.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht War is like love, it always finds a way.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht 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 BrechtBertolt Brecht Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The fate of man is man.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Why be a man when you can be a success?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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[The whole first year at university] was a great time for me and great time of awakening.
Bill AyersBill Ayers I don’t feel that because I’m First Lady, I’m very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.
Betty FordBetty Ford First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge and enhance an idea, to re-form it….
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
Betty FordBetty Ford True leaders are the first to admit that they don’t know everything and that they need help.
Bill ByrdBill Byrd I guess experience is just learning at first hand the things you knew all along anyway.
Kathleen WinsorKathleen Winsor Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux The first show I ever worked on was The Killing, which was a whodunit crime show.
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