Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht Quotes
On golden chairs Sitting at ease, you paid for the songs which we chanted To those less lucky. You paid us for drying their tears And for comforting all those whom you had wounded.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
The rain Never falls upwards. When the wound Stops hurting What hurts is The scar.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
Show interest in her goodness for no one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
And I always thought: the very simplest words Must be enough. When I say what things are like Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds. That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself Surely you see that.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
High above the lake a bomber flies. From the rowing boats Children look up, women, an old man. From a distance They appear like young starlings, their beaks Wide open for food.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
This is the year which people will talk about This is the year which people will be silent about. The old see the young die. The foolish see the wise die. The earth no longer produces, it devours. The sky hurls down no rain, only iron.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing About the dark times.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
General, man is very useful. He can fly and he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle it smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. but it has one defect: it needs a driver.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
