“When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.”
Source: Poems, 1913-1956
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Famous Bertolt Brecht Quotes
“Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.”
Source: Plays: The Caucasian chalk circle. The threepenny opera. The trial of Lucullus. The life of Galileo
Source: Collected Stories
“One must live well to know what living is.”
Source: Brecht Collected Plays: 2: Man Equals Man; Elephant Calf; Threepenny Opera; Mahagonny; Seven Deadly Sins
“I don't know what a man is. Only that every man has his price.”
Source: Brecht Collected Plays: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mohagony and the Seven Deadly Sins :
Source: Plays
“To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say.”
“Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don't learn you don't know.”
Source: The Mother
“We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.”
Source: Jungle of Cities: And Other Plays
Source: Two Plays by Bertolt Brecht