Timur, I hear, took the trouble to conquer the earth. <br />I don't understand him. <br />With a bit of hard liquor you can forget the earth. <br /> <br />I'm not saying anything against Alexander, <br />Only I have seen people who were remarkable, <br />Highly deserving of your admiration <br />For the fact that they were alive at all. <br /> <br />Great men generate too much sweat. <br />In all of this I see just a proof that <br />They couldn't stand being on their own <br />And smoking and drinking and the like. <br />And they must be too mean-spirited to get <br />Contentment from sitting by a woman.<br /><br />Bertolt Brecht<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-m-not-saying-anything-against-alexander/
