Things take indeed a wondrous turn When learned men do stoop to learn. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars? — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Of all the works of man I like best Those which have been used. The copper pots with their dents and flattened… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Art and science coincide insofar as both aim to improve the lives of men and women. The latter normally concerns itself with… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
I was called up in the war and sent to a hospital. I dressed wounds, applied iodine, gave enemas, did blood transfusions.… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share
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… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share
Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share
“In my poetry a rhyme Would seem to me almost insolent. Inside me contend Delight at the apple tree in blossom And horror at… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share
“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… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share
From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share
