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Barbarism1 quote
Truly, I am living in a time of darkness. — Bertolt Brecht · 1939Books1 quote
Reach for the book: It is a weapon. — Bertolt Brecht · 1935Character1 quote
No one can be good for long when goodness is not in demand. — Bertolt Brecht · 1943Citizen and state1 quote
Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another? — Bertolt Brecht · 1956Death1 quote
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht · 1931Democracy1 quote
Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another? — Bertolt Brecht · 1956Fear of death1 quote
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht · 1931Great man theory of history1 quote
Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?...
Where, the evening that the wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? — Bertolt Brecht · 1936History1 quote
Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?...
Where, the evening that the wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? — Bertolt Brecht · 1936Incentives1 quote
No one can be good for long when goodness is not in demand. — Bertolt Brecht · 1943Inevitability of war1 quote
War is like love, it always finds a way. — Bertolt Brecht · 1939Life1 quote
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht · 1931Living life to the fullest1 quote
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht · 1931Moral principles1 quote
Food comes first, then morals. — Bertolt Brecht · 1928Moral relativism1 quote
Food comes first, then morals. — Bertolt Brecht · 1928Morality1 quote
Food comes first, then morals. — Bertolt Brecht · 1928Parliamentary democracy1 quote
Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another? — Bertolt Brecht · 1956Power of literature1 quote
Reach for the book: It is a weapon. — Bertolt Brecht · 1935Seven wonders of the world1 quote
Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?...
Where, the evening that the wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? — Bertolt Brecht · 1936War1 quote
War is like love, it always finds a way. — Bertolt Brecht · 1939Workers1 quote
Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?...
Where, the evening that the wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? — Bertolt Brecht · 1936World War II1 quote
Truly, I am living in a time of darkness. — Bertolt Brecht · 1939