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I don't trust him. We're friends.


Bertolt Brecht

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VOJNI ŽUPNIK: Hoću reći, mira ima i u ratu, ima on svojih mirovnih mjesta. Rat naime zadovoljava ...
BERTOLT BRECHT NAREDNIK: Vidi se, davno tu nije bilo rata. Pa kako da onda bude morala, pitam se ja? Mir, to je pus...
BERTOLT BRECHT All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artist...
KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, wha...
KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL Dont trust the person you like. But, always like the person you trust.
VINAYAN Grub first, then ethics.
BERTOLT BRECHT The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error...
BERTOLT BRECHT We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barb...
BERTOLT BRECHT Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
BERTOLT BRECHT There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
BERTOLT BRECHT The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are ...
BERTOLT BRECHT Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
BERTOLT BRECHT A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the ...
BERTOLT BRECHT For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
BERTOLT BRECHT Science knows only one commandment -- contribute to science.
BERTOLT BRECHT Right is its own defense.
BERTOLT BRECHT No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.
BERTOLT BRECHT Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial ...
BERTOLT BRECHT We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible withi...
BERTOLT BRECHT Don't tell me peace has broken out.
BERTOLT BRECHT People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too...
BERTOLT BRECHT You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insur...
BERTOLT BRECHT No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
BERTOLT BRECHT Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
BERTOLT BRECHT Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
BERTOLT BRECHT From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
BERTOLT BRECHT People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
BERTOLT BRECHT A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting...
BERTOLT BRECHT Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
BERTOLT BRECHT The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
BERTOLT BRECHT Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.
BERTOLT BRECHT The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or ...
BERTOLT BRECHT What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
BERTOLT BRECHT Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.
BERTOLT BRECHT What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.
BERTOLT BRECHT It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
BERTOLT BRECHT You can only help one of your luckless brothers By trampling down a dozen others
BERTOLT BRECHT The atomic age made its debut at Hiroshima in the middle of our work. Overnight, the biography of th...
BERTOLT BRECHT Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men.For though the bastard is dead, the bitch that bore him is aga...
BERTOLT BRECHT The gods too are fond of a joke.
BERTOLT BRECHT Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong
BERTOLT BRECHT He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.
BERTOLT BRECHT The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the ...
BERTOLT BRECHT Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
BERTOLT BRECHT People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last...
BERTOLT BRECHT Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
BERTOLT BRECHT War is like love; it always finds a way.
BERTOLT BRECHT For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being st...
BERTOLT BRECHT Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
BERTOLT BRECHT The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearmen...
BERTOLT BRECHT Why be a man when you can be a success?
BERTOLT BRECHT Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
BERTOLT BRECHT War is like love, it always finds a way.
BERTOLT BRECHT There are times when you have to choose between being a human and having good taste.
BERTOLT BRECHT Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been trans...
BERTOLT BRECHT Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
BERTOLT BRECHT On thinking about Hell, I gather
My brother Shelley found it was a place
Much like the cit...
BERTOLT BRECHT Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
BERTOLT BRECHT Terrible is the temptation to be good.
BERTOLT BRECHT To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
BERTOLT BRECHT If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
BERTOLT BRECHT What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
BERTOLT BRECHT One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between th...
BERTOLT BRECHT Boy meets Girl, So What?
BERTOLT BRECHT One weakness is enough, and love is the deadliest.
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BERTOLT BRECHT Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
BERTOLT BRECHT Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
BERTOLT BRECHT You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be i...
BERTOLT BRECHT The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for the E...
BERTOLT BRECHT Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
BERTOLT BRECHT Corpses sour you. They are bad for objectivity.
BERTOLT BRECHT Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes
BERTOLT BRECHT It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
BERTOLT BRECHT Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with whichto shape it.
BERTOLT BRECHT Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life
BERTOLT BRECHT She's not so pretty anyone would want to ruin her.
BERTOLT BRECHT From new transmitters came the old stupidities. Wisdom was passed on from mouth to mouth.
BERTOLT BRECHT As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
BERTOLT BRECHT Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.
BERTOLT BRECHT Temptation to behave is terrible
BERTOLT BRECHT Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear, / And he shows them pearly white. / Just a jack-knife has Mache...
BERTOLT BRECHT Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse
BERTOLT BRECHT The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even...
BERTOLT BRECHT Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
BERTOLT BRECHT آقاي كوينر گفت: خطاي آشكار و رايجي است كه مردم عشق را با�...
BERTOLT BRECHT Every time you name yourself, you name someone else.
BERTOLT BRECHT The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
BERTOLT BRECHT The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fell...
BERTOLT BRECHT If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.
BERTOLT BRECHT War is like love, it always finds a way
BERTOLT BRECHT What are you working on?” Mr. K. was asked. Mr. K. replied: “I’m having a hard time; I’m pre...
BERTOLT BRECHT And I did work out something: that the rich of the earth indeed create misery, but they cannot bear ...
BERTOLT BRECHT The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then...
BERTOLT BRECHT If we could learn to look instead of gawking,
We'd see the horror in the heart of farce,
I...
BERTOLT BRECHT Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.
BERTOLT BRECHT People who understand everything get no stories.
BERTOLT BRECHT Temptation to behave is terrible.
BERTOLT BRECHT Everyone needs help from everyone.
BERTOLT BRECHT The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participat...
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BERTOLT BRECHT Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.
BERTOLT BRECHT What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.
BERTOLT BRECHT It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
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BERTOLT BRECHT The atomic age made its debut at Hiroshima in the middle of our work. Overnight, the biography of th...
BERTOLT BRECHT Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men.For though the bastard is dead, the bitch that bore him is aga...
BERTOLT BRECHT The gods too are fond of a joke.
BERTOLT BRECHT Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong
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BERTOLT BRECHT The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the ...
BERTOLT BRECHT Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
BERTOLT BRECHT People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last...
BERTOLT BRECHT Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
BERTOLT BRECHT War is like love; it always finds a way.
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BERTOLT BRECHT Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
BERTOLT BRECHT The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearmen...
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BERTOLT BRECHT Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been trans...
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BERTOLT BRECHT To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.
BERTOLT BRECHT If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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BERTOLT BRECHT VOJNI ŽUPNIK: Hoću reći, mira ima i u ratu, ima on svojih mirovnih mjesta. Rat naime zadovoljava ...
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BERTOLT BRECHT It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.
BERTOLT BRECHT Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with whichto shape it.
BERTOLT BRECHT Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life
BERTOLT BRECHT She's not so pretty anyone would want to ruin her.
BERTOLT BRECHT From new transmitters came the old stupidities. Wisdom was passed on from mouth to mouth.
BERTOLT BRECHT As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
BERTOLT BRECHT Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.
BERTOLT BRECHT Temptation to behave is terrible
BERTOLT BRECHT Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear, / And he shows them pearly white. / Just a jack-knife has Mache...
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BERTOLT BRECHT The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even...
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BERTOLT BRECHT The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fell...
BERTOLT BRECHT If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.
BERTOLT BRECHT War is like love, it always finds a way
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