Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don’t learn you don’t know.
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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Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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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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Right is its own defense.
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The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
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We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it’s all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It’s the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
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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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There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
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When you name yourself, you always name another.
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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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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
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