Quotes from Bertolt Brecht

Sanotaan: rajusti syöksyvä virta on väkivaltainen. Kukaan ei sano: virtaa kahlitseva uoma on väkivaltainen.

Chi non conosce la verità è soltanto uno sciocco; ma chi, conoscendola, la chiama bugia, è un malfattore!

Chi sa perché il dubbio appare agli uomini come una felicità.

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in Is termed violent by no one.

If there are obstacles, the shortest line between two points may be the crooked one.

Stupidity isn't invincible.

Pada malam ketika Tembok Tiongkok jadi, ke manakah para tukang batu pergi?

I discovered our dear poet in my office, a simple clerk.

Carpenter: "Call Shen Te, someone! She's good!" Shui Ta: "Certainly. She's ruined.

MUTTER COURAGE Mir scheint, ich hab zu lang gehandelt.

Das Edle ist wie eine Glocke, schlägt man sie, so tönt sie, schlägt man sie nicht, so tönt sie nicht.

Sometimes I see myself driving through hell with this wagon and selling brimstone. And sometimes I'm driving through heaven handing our provisions to wandering souls! If only we could find a place where there's no shooting, me and my children—what's left of 'em—we might rest a while.

Das Denken gehört zu den größten Vergnügungen der menschlichen Rasse.

All I get from your victory is losses.

The noblest plans are brought down through the low-mindedness of those who are supposed to carry them out.

A criatura humana aguenta tudo: é o principal defeito que tem. Pode prestar-se a uma porção de coisas. E é muito difícil de destruir.

NEPHEW: One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.

He says he'd like to kiss the ground you walk on-reminds me, did you wash them yesterday?- and after that you're his skivvy.

Facts are facts, whisper them or shout them.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: "El regalo más grande que les puedes dar a los demás es el ejemplo de tu propia vida" (Bertolt Brecht)

Singer: It may be a mistake to mix different wines, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

You heard of honest Socrates, The man who never lied: They weren't so grateful as you think. Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried And handed him the poisoned drink. How honest was the people's noble son! The world however didn't wait But soon observed what followed on. It's honesty that brought him to that state. How fortunate the man with none!

Selflessness is a rare virtue, because it doesn't pay for itself.

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