What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
BERTOLT BRECHTIn my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.
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Right is its own defense.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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For art to be ‘unpolitical’ means only to ally itself with the ‘ruling’ group.
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Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.
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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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Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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If you join the rat race — you’re in the race of rats.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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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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Pleasures First look from morning’s window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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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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