Author: Bertolt Brecht

Quotes

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

- Bertolt Brecht

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

- Bertolt Brecht

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

- Bertolt Brecht

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

- Bertolt Brecht

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

- Bertolt Brecht

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

- Bertolt Brecht

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

- Bertolt Brecht

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

- Bertolt Brecht

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

- Bertolt Brecht

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