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
Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don't learn you don't know.
We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.
What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it.
One must live well to know what living is.
I don't know what a man is. Only that every man has his price.
The atomic age made its debut at Hiroshima in the middle of our work. Overnight, the biography of the founder of the new system of physics read differently.
What is robbing 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.
The wickedness of the world is so great you have to run your legs off to avoid having them stolen from under you.
You want justice, but do you want to pay for it, hm? When you go to a butcher you know you have to pay, but you people go to a judge as if you were off to a funeral supper.
One weakness is enough, and love is the deadliest.
She's not so pretty anyone would want to ruin her.
What is the crime of robbing a bank compared with the crime of founding one.
Here today we huddle tight As the darkest heathens might The snow falls chilly on our skin The snow is forcing its way in. Hush, snow, come in with us to dwell: We were thrown out by Heaven as well.