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Love is the wish to give, not to receive. — Bertolt Brecht

The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so. — Bertolt Brecht

A theater without beer is just a museum — Bertolt Brecht

We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others. — Bertolt Brecht

The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing. — Bertolt Brecht

It's never too late for those whose time has come. — Bertolt Brecht

Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking. — Bertolt Brecht

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. — Bertolt Brecht

For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him. — Bertolt Brecht

How can one remain free of every weakness, above all of the most deadly, of love? — Bertolt Brecht

NEPHEW: One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly. — Bertolt Brecht

Everyone chases after happiness,
not noticing that happiness is right at their heels — Bertolt Brecht

When something seems 'the most obvious thing in the world' it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up. — Bertolt Brecht

Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest. — Bertolt Brecht

He was weak on philosophy and an excellent driver, but his driving was a lot more dangerous than his philosophy. — Bertolt Brecht

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. — Bertolt Brecht

For once you must try not to shirk the facts:
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts. — Bertolt Brecht

It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk. — Bertolt Brecht

Thinking is one of the greatest pleasures of the human race. — Bertolt Brecht

You can't write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen. — Bertolt Brecht

I'm teaching all the time. When am I to learn? — Bertolt Brecht

One cannot write poems about trees when the forest is full of police. — Bertolt Brecht

If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors. — Bertolt Brecht

When you name yourself, you always name another. — Bertolt Brecht

The wickedness of the world is so great, you have to keep running so your legs won't be stolen from under you! — Bertolt Brecht

Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it. — Bertolt Brecht

A Man lives off his head.
His head won't see him through.
Inspect your own
What lives on that?
At most, a louse or two ... — Bertolt Brecht

Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man's doing. — Bertolt Brecht

You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured. — Bertolt Brecht

Don't tell me peace has broken out. — Bertolt Brecht

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht

As soon as something seems the most obvious thing in the world,it means that we have abandoned all attempts to understanding it. — Bertolt Brecht

As crimes pile up, they become invisible. — Bertolt Brecht

With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose. — Bertolt Brecht

It is many years ago and at times I know nothing about her anymore who was once all things to me but all things pass. (The Eleventh Psalm) — Bertolt Brecht

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

The river that everything drags is known as violent, but nobody calls violent the margins that arrest him. — Bertolt Brecht

Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why! — Bertolt Brecht

I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write. — Bertolt Brecht

Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don't learn you don't know. — Bertolt Brecht

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good. — Bertolt Brecht

Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn. — Bertolt Brecht

He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy. — Bertolt Brecht

What's a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other. — Bertolt Brecht

When the praying does no good, insurance does help. — Bertolt Brecht

Every page a victory.
Who cooked the feast for the victors?
Every ten years a great man.
Who paid the bill? — Bertolt Brecht

Proof seduces them. One of the greatest pleasures of the human race is thinking. — Bertolt Brecht

Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you! — Bertolt Brecht

People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long. — Bertolt Brecht

For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again. — Bertolt Brecht

Such a lot is won when even a single man gets to his feet and says No — Bertolt Brecht

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. — Bertolt Brecht

The righteous one has no sense of humor. — Bertolt Brecht

There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers. — Bertolt Brecht

Everyone needs help from everyone. — Bertolt Brecht

What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it. — Bertolt Brecht

Right is its own defense. — Bertolt Brecht

Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features. — Bertolt Brecht

People who understand everything get no stories. — Bertolt Brecht

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life — Bertolt Brecht

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough. — Bertolt Brecht

The fate of man is man. — Bertolt Brecht

Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace. — Bertolt Brecht

All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top. — Bertolt Brecht

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear. — Bertolt Brecht

There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour. — Bertolt Brecht

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes — Bertolt Brecht

Why be a man when you can be a success. — Bertolt Brecht

The headlong stream is termed violent
But the river bed hemming it in
Is termed violent by no one. — Bertolt Brecht

You can make a fresh start with your final breath. — Bertolt Brecht

Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what's left tastes bitter. — Bertolt Brecht

It is simplicity that is difficult to make. — Bertolt Brecht

In the contradiction lies the hope. — Bertolt Brecht

Would it not be simpler If the Government Dissolved the people And elected another? — Bertolt Brecht

Think with feeling — Bertolt Brecht

He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost. — Bertolt Brecht

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn. — Bertolt Brecht

Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right. — Bertolt Brecht

Little changes are the enemies of great changes. — Bertolt Brecht

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait! — Bertolt Brecht

General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think. — Bertolt Brecht

From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun. — Bertolt Brecht

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank. — Bertolt Brecht

Weaknesses

You had none
I had one:
I loved. — Bertolt Brecht

To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say. — Bertolt Brecht

It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills. — Bertolt Brecht

For the wickedness of the world is so great you have to run your legs off in order to avoid having them stolen from under you. — Bertolt Brecht

I don't trust him. We're friends. — Bertolt Brecht

The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers? — Bertolt Brecht

What kind of times are these, when
To talk about trees is almost a crime
Because it implies silence about so many horrors? — Bertolt Brecht

Grub first, then ethics. — Bertolt Brecht

He says he'd like to kiss the ground you walk on-reminds me, did you wash them yesterday?- and after that you're his skivvy. — Bertolt Brecht

Who built the seven gates of Thebes? In the books are listed the names of kings. Did the kings heave up the building blocks? — Bertolt Brecht

Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet. — Bertolt Brecht

What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? — Bertolt Brecht

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. — Bertolt Brecht

Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already. — Bertolt Brecht

People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart. — Bertolt Brecht

A person is really dead only when nobody thinks of him anymore. — Bertolt Brecht

He thought in other heads, and in his own, others besides himself thought — Bertolt Brecht