Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Bertolt Friedrich Brechtwas a German poet, playwright, and theatre director of the 20th century. He made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth10 February 1898
CityAugsburg, Germany
CountryGermany
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
Come in, dear wind, and be our guest You too have neither home nor rest.
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?
Sometimes I have visions of myself driving through hell, selling sulphur and brimstone, or through heaven peddling refreshments to the roaming souls. If me and the children I've got left could find a place where there's no shooting, I wouldn't mind a few years of peace and quiet.
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills.
Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.
Only bad generals need heroes.
He who speaks of enemies , himself is the enemy.
I don't trust him. We're friends.
The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.