When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
BERTOLT BRECHTLittle changes are the enemies of great changes.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
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The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
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Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
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I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
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For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
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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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None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.
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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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The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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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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The fate of man is man.
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The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn When teachers themselves are taught to learn.
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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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Eats first, morals after.
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