Bertolt Brecht Quote

The headlong stream is termed violent
But the river bed hemming it in is
Termed violent by no one.


"On Violence" [Über die Gewalt] (1930s), trans. John Willett in Poems, 1913-1956, p. 276 - Poems, 1913-1956 (1976)


The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.