“I see with sympathy
The swollen veins on his brow, showing
How exhausting it is to be evil.”

— Bertolt Brecht

Mitfühlend sehe ich
Die geschwollenen Stirnadern, andeutend
Wie anstrengend es ist, böse zu sein.
"The Mask of Evil" ("Die Maske des Bösen"), as translated in Brecht on Brecht: An Improvisation (1967) by George Tabori, p. 14

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