What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war The mobilization order… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don't learn you don't know. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We've lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
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 Image
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
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 Image
There are some with brains and some without. It makes for a better division of labour. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
