52 Quotations by Bertolt Brecht
- 1. A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the ...
- 2. A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting ...
- 3. Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
- 4. Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.
- 5. Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
- 6. Don't tell me peace has broken out.
- 7. Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels.
- 8. Everyone needs help from everyone.
- 9. For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
- 10. For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being st ...
- 11. From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
- 12. Grub first, then ethics.
- 13. He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.
- 14. I don't trust him. We're friends.
- 15. Intelligence is not to make any mistakes, but to see quickly how to make them good.
- 16. It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
- 17. It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
- 18. Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial ...
- 19. Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
- 20. No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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