From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.

Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage to write the truth when truth is everywhere opposed; the keenness to recognize it, although it is everywhere concealed; the skill to manipulate it as a weapon; the judgment to select those in whose hands it will be effective; and the running to spread the truth among such persons.

Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral.

When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.

What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?

You can't write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen.

Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness are man's doing.