Top 50 Bertolt Brecht Quotes

Why be a man when you can be a success?

From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.

Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

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

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

Don’t tell me peace has broken out.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

Everyone needs help from everyone.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

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.

It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.

Don’t be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.

One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

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

Science knows only one commandment – contribute to science.

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

What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?

To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.

It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Grub first, then ethics.

Don’t tell me peace has broken out.

What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

Temptation to behave is terrible.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Everyone needs help from everyone.

Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste.

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves.

What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

What a miserable thing life is: you’re living in clover, only the clover isn’t good enough.

People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.