Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
BERTOLT BRECHTWho does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool… Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
BERTOLT BRECHTErst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.
BERTOLT BRECHTAll artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living.
BERTOLT BRECHTBank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
BERTOLT BRECHTWith drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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 BRECHTNowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
BERTOLT BRECHTHungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.
BERTOLT BRECHTTo those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.
BERTOLT BRECHTImpact lies in the vicinity of mistakes.
BERTOLT BRECHTNo one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
BERTOLT BRECHTI don’t like where I’m going and I don’t like where I’ve been. Why am I in a hurry?
BERTOLT BRECHTWhat 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 BRECHTSpring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains.
BERTOLT BRECHTPeople remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
BERTOLT BRECHTGeneral, your bomber is powerful. It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant. But it has one defect: It needs a mechanic. General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
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