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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More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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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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When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war
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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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Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense.
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Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
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Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.
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He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
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Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.
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From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people … it needs no other passport than fun.
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When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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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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War is like love, it always finds a way.
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Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation.
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