You have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
BERTOLT BRECHTOnly bad generals need heroes.
More Bertolt Brecht Quotes
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Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
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But something’s missing.
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Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
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Love is the wish to give, not to receive.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?
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Who has good luck is good, Who has bad luck is bad.
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What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
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I Who live in Los Angeles and not in London Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be Still more like Los Angeles.
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Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
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Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.
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In the contradiction lies the hope.
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A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
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