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Quote of Bertolt Brecht - Intelligence is not to make no...


Biography - Bertolt Brecht:

German poet and playwright.
Born: 1898 - Died: 1956
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

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



Translation

Translation

(French)



French
L'intelligence n’est pas de ne pas faire d’erreur, mais de voir au plus vite comment les corriger.




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Quotes for: mistake


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Quotes about mistake:


Love truth, but pardon error.





What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.





Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.





Any man can make mistakes.





I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.





Without music, life would be a mistake.











Quotes for: intelligence


Quotes

Quotes about intelligence:


Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.





To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Intelligence has value only in the service of love.





Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.





What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.





Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.











Quotes

Bertolt Brecht also said...


Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.





But the most beautiful of all doubts
Is when the downtrodden and despondent raise their heads and
Stop believing in the strength
Of their oppressors.






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





Love is the desire to give, not to receive, something.





Therefore, I beg you, do not let yourself become angry
For every creature needs the help of all.






Andrea: Unhappy the land that has no heroes!
Galileo: No. Unhappy the land that needs heroes.













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