Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
BERTOLT BRECHTThe world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
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All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.
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Why be a man when you can be a success?
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People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost.
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If you don’t have fun, you don’t have a show.
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Writers can’t write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.
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You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.
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It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.
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A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy’s guts, he comes.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
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