Bertolt Brecht

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Bertolt Brecht

Born: February 10, 1898

Died: August 14, 1956

Nationality: German

Occupation: Poet, playwright

Biography: Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.

Bertolt Brecht

“No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.”

- Bertolt Brecht

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“No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.”

- Bertolt Brecht

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“One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.”

- Bertolt Brecht

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“People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.”

- Bertolt Brecht

Source/Notes: In the Jungle of Cities (~ 1921-1924)
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“People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.”

- Bertolt Brecht

Source/Notes: Collected Plays [of] Bertolt Brecht: Baal. Drums in the night. In the jungle of cities. The life of Edward II of England. The wedding. The beggar, or the dead dog. He drives out a devil. Lux in tenebris. The catch (1971 edition)
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Bertolt Brecht

“Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.”

- Bertolt Brecht

Source/Notes: Plays: The Caucasian chalk circle. The threepenny opera. The trial of Lucullus. The life of Galileo (1962 edition)
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“Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.”

- Bertolt Brecht

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“Right is its own defense.”

- Bertolt Brecht

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“Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.”

- Bertolt Brecht

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

- Bertolt Brecht

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“Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.”

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Bertolt Brecht

“Temptation to behave is terrible.”

- Bertolt Brecht

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“The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.”

- Bertolt Brecht

Source/Notes: Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years' War (1966 edition), Grove Press - ISBN: 9780802130822
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“The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.”

- Bertolt Brecht

Source/Notes: Mother Courage (1941)
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