Bertolt Brecht Quotes

• There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

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• Why be a man when you can be a success?

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• You don’t need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.

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

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

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• What they could do with ’round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

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

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• What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

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• What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

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

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• Unhappy the land that needs heroes.

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Bertolt Brecht (51)

Birth:	10th February, 1898
Death:	14th August, 1956
Nationality:	German
Profession:	Poet

About

Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, theatre director, and Marxist. A theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble the post war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel.

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