Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Bertolt Friedrich Brechtwas a German poet, playwright, and theatre director of the 20th century. He made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth10 February 1898
CityAugsburg, Germany
CountryGermany
We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.
Boy Meets Girl, So What?
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 be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.
The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.
People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.
There must always be some who are brighter and some who are stupider, the latter make up for it by being better workers.
What a miserable thing life is: you're in clover; only the clover isn't good enough.
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.
It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.