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I don't know what a man is. O...

I don't know what a man is. Only that every man has his price.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

The mill wheel turns, it turn...

The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

People cannot remain good unl...

People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

One cannot be arraigned for d...

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.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

For time flows on, and if it ...

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 become exhausted; stimuli no longer work. New problems appear and demand new methods. Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must also change. Nothing comes from nothing; the new comes from the old, but that is why it is new.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

On thinking about Hell, I gat...

On thinking about Hell, I gather My brother Shelley found it was a place Much like the city of London. I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.

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Of all the works of man I lik...

Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened edges The knives and forks whose wooden handles Have been worn away by many hands: such forms Seemed to me the noblest.

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Recently my fingers have deve...

Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree. Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other's faces.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

A man who sees another man on...

A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.

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The shrill voices of those wh...

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 Sweat with anxiety in their office chairs.... Fear rules not only those who are ruled, but The rulers too.

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A man who strains himself on ...

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

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Fearful is the seductive powe...

Fearful is the seductive power of goodness.

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Only bad generals need heroes...

Only bad generals need heroes.

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I was called up in the war an...

I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: "Brecht, amputate a leg!", I would reply, "Certainly, Your Excellency!", and cut off the leg. If I was told, "Perform a trepanning!" I opened the man's skull and messed about with his brains. I saw how they patched fellows up, so as to cart them back to the Front as quickly as they could.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

When something seems ‘the mos...

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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Things take indeed a wondrous...

Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.

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...it is simplicity that is d...

...it is simplicity that is difficult to make.

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Eats first, morals after. ...

Eats first, morals after.

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Firebugs dragging their gasol...

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. Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

Those who have had no share i...

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

Bertolt Brecht 247 quotes

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