Bertolt Brecht
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“Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.”
“Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.”
“Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.”
“Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.”
“Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life”
“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with whichto shape it.”
“War is like love, it always finds a way”
“Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.”
“Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.”