Bertolt Brecht Quotes

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• When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
• There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste.
• Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.
• When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
• Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don't learn you don't know.
• We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
• What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to…
• There are a few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they've been used several times, they no longer…
• Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
• Terrible is the temptation to be good.
• Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as…
• Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women. The latter normally concerns itself with profit, the former…
• When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.
• Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!
• One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.
• What's a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other.
• I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
• If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.
• The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
• Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

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