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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More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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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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If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
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Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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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.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.
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Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what’s left tastes bitter.
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
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Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
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The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
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Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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