Bertolt Brecht quotes was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director. Born: 02/10/1898 Died: 08/14/1956 Country: germany

• From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. (Bertolt Brecht) [underwear]
• No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. (Bertolt Brecht) [demand]
• People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart. (Bertolt Brecht) [people]
• Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes. (Bertolt Brecht) [land]
• What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? (Bertolt Brecht)
• There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. (Bertolt Brecht) [society/share/system]
• Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear. (Bertolt Brecht) [fear]
• For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts. (Bertolt Brecht) [facts/mankind/acts]
• Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. (Bertolt Brecht)
• No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself. (Bertolt Brecht) [willpower]
• Right is its own defense. (Bertolt Brecht) [right/defense]
• We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself. (Bertolt Brecht) [type/theatre/feelings/human]
• Science knows only one commandment -- contribute to science. (Bertolt Brecht) [science/science]
• Literary works cannot be taken over like factories, or literary forms of expression like industrial methods. Realist writing, of which history offers many widely varying examples, is likewise conditioned by the question of how, when and for what class it is made use of. (Bertolt Brecht) [question/class]
• War is like love, it always finds a way. (Bertolt Brecht) [war/love]
• The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn. (Bertolt Brecht) [knowledge/crazy]
• A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls. (Bertolt Brecht) [stage/people]
• It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Don't tell me peace has broken out. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Everyone needs help from everyone. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Grub first, then ethics. (Bertolt Brecht)
• He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. (Bertolt Brecht)
• It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead. (Bertolt Brecht)
• Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. (Bertolt Brecht)
• People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long. (Bertolt Brecht)

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