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“If we could learn to look instead of gawking,
We'd see the horror in the heart of farce,
If only we could act instead of talking,
We wouldn't always end up on our arse.
This was the thing that nearly had us mastered;
Don't yet rejoice in his defeat, you men!
Although the world stood up and stopped the bastard,
The bitch that bore him is in heat again.”
― Bertolt Brecht, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

“What are you working on?” Mr. K. was asked. Mr. K. replied: “I’m having a hard time; I’m preparing my next mistake.”
― Bertolt Brecht, Stories of Mr. Keuner

“The rope has been torn; a knot
Can tie it again, but
It’s been torn.

Perhaps we’ll meet again, but
You won’t find me
In the place where we parted ways.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“That is the nature of falsehoods. Like a small debt incurred, the interest builds, and when collection is due, the burden is much greater than the original lie was worth.”
― M.A. Nichols, The Jack of All Trades