I don’t trust him. We’re friends.
BERTOLT BRECHTI don’t trust him. We’re friends.
BERTOLT BRECHTDo not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
BERTOLT BRECHTLove 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 BRECHTWhen the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.
BERTOLT BRECHTYou have to attack once the truth is too weak to defend itself.
BERTOLT BRECHTGreat sport begins at a point where it has ceased to be healthy.
BERTOLT BRECHTErst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
BERTOLT BRECHTThings take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn.
BERTOLT BRECHTTheir peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople who understand everything get no stories.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf you wan to steal money, don’t rob a bank – open one.
BERTOLT BRECHTAll 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 BRECHTThere are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.
BERTOLT BRECHTThough the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can’t bear to see it.
BERTOLT BRECHTRecently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree.
BERTOLT BRECHTIf you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.
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