I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.
BERTOLT BRECHTSchoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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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.
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.
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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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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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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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One must live well to know what living is.
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It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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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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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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