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Bertolt Brecht Quotes about Wisdom

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

Bertolt Brecht (1962). “Plays: The Caucasian chalk circle. The threepenny opera. The trial of Lucullus. The life of Galileo”

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

Bertolt Brecht (1965). “The Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays”, p.87, Grove Press

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

"The Caucasian Chalk Circle". Play by Bertolt Brecht, 1944.