black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

Bertolt Brecht

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?
BERTOLT BRECHT

Government Party People
I’m in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Clothes Feelings Writing
I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions. If the doctor ordered: “Brecht, amputate a leg!”, I would reply, “Certainly, Your Excellency!”, and cut off the leg. If I was told, “Perform a trepanning!”
BERTOLT BRECHT

Cutting Men Transfusion War
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Brain Division Labor
A theater without beer is just a museum
BERTOLT BRECHT

Beer Museums Theater
The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Deserve Innocent Shots
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Dark Inspirational Singing
Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!
BERTOLT BRECHT

Country Hero Needs
Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
BERTOLT BRECHT

People Sitting Spring
Who struggles can fail. Who doesn’t struggle has already failed!
BERTOLT BRECHT

Diversity Justice Struggle
Don’t tell me peace has broken out.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Broken Out Peace
Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Important Sometimes Taste
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Curse Poverty Wise
Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!
BERTOLT BRECHT

Confusion Humanity Nature
All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Art Living Service
When you name yourself, you always name another.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Always Another Names

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bertolt Brecht Quotes