No one can be good for long when goodness is not in demand. — Bertolt Brecht
No one can be good for long when goodness is not in demand.
In the original German
Keiner kann lang gut sein, wenn nicht Güte verlangt wird.
1943
★ 3.6Provenance
Current citation
Brecht, Bertolt. The Good Person Of Szechwan, edited by Tom Kuhn and Charlotte Ryland, translated by John Willett. Methuen Drama, 2012.
Original citation
Brecht, Bertolt. Der gute Mensch von Sezuan [The Good Person of Szechwan]. 1943, Zürich Schauspielhaus, Zürich, Switzerland.