10 February: Bertolt Brecht Quotes

Today, ten quotes from Bertolt Brecht, German writer who was born on this date in 1898:

1. Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

2. He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost.

3. Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.

4. Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

5. In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.

6. Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

7. All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top.

8. Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.

9. War is like love, it always finds a way.

10. Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came?