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Bertolt Brecht Quotes: People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
         

People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.


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He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost.



Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.

Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.



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

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



Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.



Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.



Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what's left tastes bitter.

Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what's left tastes bitter.



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.

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.



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

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



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

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





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