Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
BERTOLT BRECHTNever believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks?
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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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Impact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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People are too durable, that’s their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
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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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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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The man who laughs has simply not yet had the terrible news.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.
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Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.
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He who is still laughing is he who hasn’t heard the terrible news.
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