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From Life of Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht, translated by John Willett

HANDED

"For a few years I was as strong as the authorities. And I handed my knowledge to those in power for them to use, fail to use, misuse -- whatever best suited their objectives."

From 14, 1633-1642, Galileo Galilei Lives in a House in the Country Near Florence, a Prisoner of the Inquisition till He Dies, the 'Discorsi'

Clerihew for the Dramatiker

BERTOLT BRECHT

Bertolt Brecht
Thought most writers "schlecht."
In translation this means, "bad".
Rather discouraging that, comrade.*

*He probably said "scheisse"
Which is further from nice.

A Caricature

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From Love Poems, by Bertolt Brecht, translated by David Constantine and Tom Kuhn

THE RIVER SINGS PRAISES...

The river sings praises. Stars in the trees.

The smell of thyme and peppermint.

Our brows are freshened by a little breeze

We are the children, this is God's present.

The grass is soft: the woman without bitterness

The lovely willows make everything rejoice:

Pleasure's a certainty for those who will say yes.

Never again will you want to leave this place.

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From Collected Stories, by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Yvonne Kapp, Hugo Rorrison, and Antony Tatlow

HE SAID

"He said people were poorly constructed, a bad job which had not been properly tested, the kind of thing put on the market by firms who don't take enough time and then conceal their shoddy workmanship with nifty aluminium coachwork."

From The Berlin Stories (1924 - 1933) Barbara

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