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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!

  Bertolt Brecht

  Nature, Confusion, Humanity

  Bertolt Brecht (1965). “The Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays”, p.111, Grove Press

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• Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Country, Sacrifice, Contentment

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• Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Moving On, Wisdom, Mistake

  Bertolt Brecht (1965). “The Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays”, p.87, Grove Press

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• He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Enemy, Speak

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• Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?

  Bertolt Brecht

  Government, People, Ifs

  "Brecht on Brecht: An Improvisation". Book by George Tabori, 1967.

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• Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Reality, Order, Representation

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• Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Life, Death, Anticipation

  "The Mother". Play by Bertolt Brecht, 1930.

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• All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Government, Splits, Fool

  Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.186, Taylor & Francis

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• The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Wisdom, Science, Errors

  Bertolt Brecht (1962). “Plays: The Caucasian chalk circle. The threepenny opera. The trial of Lucullus. The life of Galileo”

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• We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Feelings, Historical, Theatre

  Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (1964). “Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic”

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• Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.

  Bertolt Brecht

  War, Writing, Thinking

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• 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. General, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Crush, Powerful, Men

  Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.289, Taylor & Francis

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• Love is the wish to give, not to receive.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Love Is, Giving, Wish

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• All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Art, Art Of Living

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• Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Happiness, Happy, High Heels

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• Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Creating, Earth, Bears

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “The Threepenny Opera”, p.59, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Grub first, then ethics.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Food, Cooking, Firsts

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• Everyone needs help from everyone.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Collaboration, Needs, Helping

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• You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Truth Is, Weak

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• Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Book, Men, Weapons

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• The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Law, Naked, Literature

  Bertolt Brecht (2015). “Brecht Collected Plays: 2: Man Equals Man; Elephant Calf; Threepenny Opera; Mahagonny; Seven Deadly Sins”, p.189, A&C Black

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• In the contradiction lies the hope.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Lying, Contradiction

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• No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Long, Literature, Demand

  Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley (1948). “Parables for the theatre: The good woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian chalk circle”

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• 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 were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too.

  Bertolt Brecht

  War, People, Lasts

  Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.288, Taylor & Francis

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• You can make a fresh start with your final breath.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Finals, Fresh Start, Breaths

  Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.400, Taylor & Francis

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