Quotes by Bertolt Brecht

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In the effort to combat falsehood and ignorance, it requires the courage to speak the truth, the intelligence to recognize it, the art to make it usable as a weapon, the sufficient judgment to choose those in whose hands it becomes effective.

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He who does not know the truth is just ignorant. But whoever knows him and claims that it is a lie, that is a criminal.

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Hypothesis... an assumption that you consider true without being able to prove it with any facts.

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Unhappy is the country without heroes.

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The weak do not fight. Whoever is stronger will fight for maybe an hour. The even stronger one fights for many years. But the strongest fights all his life. The strongest is indispensable.

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He who fights can lose. He who does not fight has already lost.

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The thousand perils of war can last for three centuries, you win to the south, you lose at night. You just lose in the end. His coat is tattered, his pants are tattered, his salary is stolen by the top dogs, but a miracle can always happen in the end. So let's move on! A new spring is coming, the grass turns green, fresh green already covers the ground, but those who are not yet underground, change their shoes and get back on their feet.

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Man has the terrible ability to make himself insensitive - when he likes.

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Snarling hate at meanness Also distorts the features. The voice is also hoarse from the anger felt due to injustice.

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Our mother did not give birth to pain according to juss. To live happily - that's all we've come to swear by.

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After happiness, just run if you're nimble! Everyone runs after happiness, and it runs behind.

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If you want to change the world, you must first accept it as it is.

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One can achieve everything one day, even what is still a far goal now. Just fight and sacrifice, don't get discouraged, And your victory will be the heroic laurel.

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- Unfortunate is a country without heroes. - No. Unfortunate is the country that needs heroes.

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Don't settle for what you are, but strive to become what you could be.

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We were not bound by friendship, and my arms wrapped around me at night. And when we got into the shared bed, we were farther apart than the moon.

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Alas, who cares if he is selfless and noble? It is only pleasant to live in affluence!

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You get to know good people because they get better when you get to know them. Good people see you as a guest to be edified, because a person learns from listening AND from being told something.

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State power comes from the people. - Well, where are you going?

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From a windy, cold land, people, You will have to go with all your wounds: Almost everyone would stay happy, If the lump falls on them.

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Look at the pumpkin patch of the vanquished! It wasn't the day of our downfall, when we were finally knocked down from our heads, but when we were lifted up in the past.

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Capitalism carefully and unscrupulously ensures that social connections remain hidden from the people.

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Learn the simplest! For those whose time has come, It's never too late!

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You ask what love is - I have never felt it - You ask what joy is like - my eyes have not seen its light. Ask what the concern is - I know her - I can call her my girlfriend.

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If you're in a hurry, don't argue, because a good argument takes a lot of time.

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The worse your situation is, the more it becomes clear how good a person someone is. Suffering ennobles!

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The people of the earth yearn for something that cannot be found on earth, They would dig a hiding place until they collapse, But only dig their own grave. There are those who are tired, running, afraid. They break themselves for a place to rest, And when they lie in it, they finally ask: Why did I hurry, alas, why?

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Bridges are too short to span hearts.

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Corruption is the same among people as mercy is with God.

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In a normal country, there is no need for virtue, everyone can be an ordinary person, neither a great sage nor a great hero.

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Peace is a pig's pen, order is only in war. In peace, the people go wild.

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Just plan everything, A plan is a good thing! But plan it again quickly, because it won't work anyway!

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He who forgets the past does not escape from it.

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When dark times come, Will there be more singing? Yes, there will be more singing, because dark times are coming.