No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

Quote by Bertolt Brecht

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People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.

People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.

Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.

Science knows only one commandment - contribute to science.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories...

The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories...

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you...

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you...

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.

It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

Right is its own defense.

Right is its own defense.

Grub first, then ethics.

Grub first, then ethics.

Temptation to behave is terrible.

Temptation to behave is terrible.

To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.

To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.

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

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

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in...

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...