Quotes By Bertolt Brecht

Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.

It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.

Temptation to behave is terrible.

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.