Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Bertolt Brecht
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About Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924, where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill and began a lifelong collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Immersed in Marxist thought during this period, Brecht wrote didactic Lehrstücke and became a leading…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Bertolt BrechtWhat 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.
War is like love it always finds a way.
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
Why be a man when you can be a success?
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.
Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.
Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.
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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.
Don't tell me peace has broken out.
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
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.