It was never decreed that a god mustn’t pay hotel bills.
BERTOLT BRECHTThere 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.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
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Right is its own defense.
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Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
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One must live well to know what living is.
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Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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Eats first, morals after.
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…it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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