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I see with sympathy The swollen veins on his brow, showing How exhausting it is to be evil. (Bertolt Brecht)
Always the victor writes the history of the vanquished. He who beats distorts the faces of the beaten. The weaker depart from this world and the lies remain. View quote
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Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse. View quote
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The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves. View quote
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People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long. View quote
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Do not treat me in this fashion. Don't leave me out. Have I not Always spoken the truth in my books? And now You treat me like a liar! I order you: Burn me! View quote
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Come fishing with me, said the fisherman to the worm. View quote
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How long Do works endure? As long As they are not completed. View quote
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Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers. View quote
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It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead. View quote
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What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough. (Bertolt Brecht)
No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself. View quote
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If there are obstacles, the shortest line between two points may be a crooked line. View quote
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Do not treat me in this fashion. Don't leave me out. Have I not Always spoken the truth in my books? View quote
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It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality. Our audience must experience not only the ways to free Prometheus, but be schooled in the very desire to free him. Theater must teach all the pleasures and joys of discovery, all the feelings of triumph associated with liberation. View quote
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One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration. View quote
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It isn't important to come out on top. What matters is to be the one who comes out alive. View quote
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Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable! View quote
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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. View quote
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Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear. View quote
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It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills. (Bertolt Brecht)
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 with pleasure. In the coming age, art will fashion our entertainment out of new means of productivity in ways that will simultaneously enhance our profit and maximize our pleasure. View quote
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For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him. View quote
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks. View quote
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Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already. View quote
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