There are times when you have to choose between being a human and having good taste. Bertolt Brecht More Quotes by Bertolt Brecht More Quotes From Bertolt Brecht War is like love, it always finds a way. Bertolt Brecht military love life Oh why do we not say the important things, it would be so easy, and we are damned because we do not. Bertolt Brecht important would-be easy Unfortunate the country that needs heroes! Bertolt Brecht hero country needs I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright. Bertolt Brecht he-man shows men Then I will tell you something. I do not believe in it. Forty years among men has consistently taught me that they are not amenable to commonsense. Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face. Bertolt Brecht running men believe You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured. Bertolt Brecht storm god sky Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right. Bertolt Brecht planning shining light What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors? Bertolt Brecht silence kind tree Terrible is the temptation to be good. Bertolt Brecht be-good terrible temptation To those who does not know the world is on fire, I have nothing to say. Bertolt Brecht fire doe world Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. Bertolt Brecht communication media war Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man's doing. Bertolt Brecht tiles men fall Little changes are the enemies of great changes. Bertolt Brecht change littles enemy Grub first, then ethics. Bertolt Brecht cooking food firsts Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes. Bertolt Brecht good-fortune share fortune He who is still laughing is he who hasn't heard the terrible news. Bertolt Brecht news terrible laughing For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars? Bertolt Brecht stars men thinking Why be a man when you can be a success? Bertolt Brecht motivational inspirational life Never believe on faith, see for yourself! What you yourself don't learn you don't know. Bertolt Brecht learning knows believe There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste. Bertolt Brecht being-human human-nature taste
