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Die Dreigroschenoper [The Three-Penny Opera], Act 2, sc. 3 (1928) - Brecht, Bertholt | WIST Quotations
MACHEATH: You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait! [Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.] Alt. trans.: However much you twist, whatever lies you tell / Food is the first thing, morals follow on." [used by the Pet…