Author: Bertolt Brecht

Quotes

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

You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.

You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.

- 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

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

- 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

War is like love; it always finds a way.

War is like love; it always finds a way.

- Bertolt Brecht

Why be a man when you can be a success?

Why be a man when you can be a success?

- 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

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

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