No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
BERTOLT BRECHTI was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.
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The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
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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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When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
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The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What’s left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.
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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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The fate of man is man.
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Everyone needs help from everyone.
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When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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First the grub, then the morals.
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