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Quote by Bertolt Brecht

“The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.”

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Bertolt Brecht, born on February 10, 1898, and died on August 14, 1956, was a German poet, playwright, director, and theorist. He is considered one of the most important theater reformers of the 20th century, whose innovative theatrical theories and practices have had a profound impact on world theater. more

“Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands. Even the most blockheaded bureaucrat, provided he loves peace, is a greater lover of the arts than any so-called art-lover who loves the arts of war.”

Art War Hands Greater Lovers Demand Bottles Art Of War Academy Bureaucrats Elbows Filthy Gasoline Art Lovers

Author:Bertolt Brecht

“For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.”

Men Enough Lying Smart Tasks Blind Clever Rogues Sly

Book:The Threepenny Opera

Source: The Threepenny Opera

“Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not.”

Important Would Be Easy Important Things

Book:Poems, 1913-1956

Source: Poems, 1913-1956

“Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.”