Bertolt Brecht Quotes

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• The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when…
• Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage…
• In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
• All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
• For time flows on, and if it did not, it would be a bad prospect for those who do not sit at golden tables. Methods…
• The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher's knife, as their fat arses…
• For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
• People who understand everything get no stories.
• The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave…
• 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…
• When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
• The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There…
• Pleasures First look from morning's window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old…
• Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.
• General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs a driver.…
• Art is not a mirror. Art is a hammer.
• If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.
• 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…
• One must live well to know what living is.
• None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.

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