Famous Quotes by Bertolt Brecht

Below are famous quotes by Bertolt Brecht - German Communist & dramatist (1898 - 1956).

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

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

Grub first, then ethics.

He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.

On thinking about Hell, I gather
My brother Shelley found it was a place
Much like the city of London. I
Who live in Los Angeles and not in London
Find, on thinking about Hell, that it must be
Still more like Los Angeles.

Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.

There are times when you have to choose between being a human and having good taste.

War is like love; it always finds a way.

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Why be a man when you can be a success?

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