First feed the face, then talk right and wrong.
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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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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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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There are a few things that’ll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they’ve been used several times, they no longer work.
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What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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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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Terrible is the temptation to be good.
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One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
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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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