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Bertolt Brecht8 quotes
Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?...
Where, the evening that the wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? — Bertolt Brecht · 1936Reach for the book: It is a weapon. — Bertolt Brecht · 1935War is like love, it always finds a way. — Bertolt Brecht · 1939No one can be good for long when goodness is not in demand. — Bertolt Brecht · 1943Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht · 1931Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another? — Bertolt Brecht · 1956All 8 quotes →