Bertolt Brecht

Quotes

• “War is like love, it always finds a way.”

• “Little changes are the enemies of great changes.”

• “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.”

• “The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set some limit on infinite error.”

• “The rain / Never falls upwards. / When the wound / Stops hurting / What hurts is / The scar.”

Books by Bertolt Brecht in order

Books by Bertolt Brecht in the order they were published, from Threepenny Novel (1910) to Two Plays (1957).

1. 1Threepenny NovelThreepenny Novel1910
2. 2Der Gute Mensch Von SezuanDer Gute Mensch Von Sezuan1919
3. 3Selected PoemsSelected Poems1947
4. 4Mother Courage and Her ChildrenMother Courage and Her Children1949
5. 5Bertolt Brecht Collected PlaysBertolt Brecht Collected Plays1953
6. 6Der Kaukasische KreidekreisDer Kaukasische Kreidekreis1954
7. 7Die Dreigroschenoper/the Threepenny OperaDie Dreigroschenoper/the Threepenny Opera1955
8. 8GalileoGalileo1956
9. 9Two PlaysTwo Plays1957
10. 10BaalBaal
11. 11Bertolt Brecht, 1921-1946Bertolt Brecht, 1921-1946
12. 12Brecht on BrechtBrecht on Brecht
13. 13Brecht on TheatreBrecht on Theatre
14. 14Mother CourageMother Courage
15. 15Parables for the TheatreParables for the Theatre
16. 16The Caucasian Chalk CircleThe Caucasian Chalk Circle
17. 17The Good Person of Szechwan ; Mother Courage and Her ChildreThe Good Person of Szechwan ; Mother Courage and Her Children ; Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
18. 18The Good Woman of SetzuanThe Good Woman of Setzuan
19. 19The Jewish WifeThe Jewish Wife
20. 20The Jewish Wife, and Other Short PlaysThe Jewish Wife, and Other Short Plays
21. 21The Life of GalileoThe Life of Galileo
22. 22The Messingkauf DialoguesThe Messingkauf Dialogues
23. 23The Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
24. 24The Threepenny Opera ; Baal ; The MotherThe Threepenny Opera ; Baal ; The Mother