The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
BERTOLT BRECHTFirst feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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A theater without beer is just a museum
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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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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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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!
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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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People who understand everything get no stories.
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Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
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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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For what’s the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
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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?
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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I don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
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There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he’ll give him sixpence. But the second time it’ll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he’ll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables.
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Only bad generals need heroes.
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