Quote

Who fights may lose, but who does not fight has lost already.

Bertolt Brecht

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bertolt Brecht
Age: 58 †
Born: 1898
Born: February 10
Died: 1956
Died: August 14
Author
Director
Film Director
Librettist
Literary Critic
Lyricist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
Writer
Kreisfreie Stadt Augsburg
Berŭtʻoltʻŭ Bŭrehitʻŭ
Pertōl Pirekcṭ
Mpertolt Mprecht
Pu-lai-hsi-tʻe
Pertōlṭ Pirekcṭ
Perṭōlṭ Pireṣṭ
Bertolt Breht
Bert Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
Bertholt Brecht
Bertolʹd Brekht
Bertolʹt Brekht
Brecht
Bertold Brecht
B. Brekht
Bŭrehitʻŭ
Pei-tʻo-erh-tʻe Pu-lai-hsi-tʻe
Already
Lose
Loses
Fighting
Lost
Doe
May
Fights
Fight

More quotes by Bertolt Brecht

Image
Only bad generals need heroes.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
A theater without beer is just a museum
Bertolt Brecht
Image
If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
First the pork chops, then morality
Bertolt Brecht
Image
Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
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
Image
It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
There are a few things that'll move people to pity, a few, but the trouble is, when they've been used several times, they no longer work.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
You can make a fresh start with your final breath.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
...it is simplicity that is difficult to make.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
Bertolt Brecht
Image
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
Image
Pleasures First look from morning's window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly
Bertolt Brecht