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Georg Buchner
German
Dramatist
About the author
Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#War
#Peace
Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Revolution
#Grave
There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Christ
The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Humanity
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Eye
#Stars
#Pain
#Tears
#Sky
The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Strength
#Virtue
#Terror
The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Liberty
#Government
#Tyranny
The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#God
#World
#Chaos
#Nothingness
The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Freedom
They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Peace
#Grave
We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#End
We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Revolution
You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Love
#Women
#Lie
Your words smell of corpses.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Words
The power of the people and the power of reason are one.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#People
#Reason
#Power
How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Love
#Women
We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Being
I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Living
#Courage
Love is a peculiar thing.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Love
A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Man
#Conscience
Death is the most blessed dream.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Death
#Dream
Dying people often become childish.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#People
#Dying
Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#People
#Government
#Body
The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Life
Murder begins where self-defense ends.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Self
#Murder
One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Love
#Ugly
#Humanity
#Order
Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Eyes
#Blood
Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Children
#Revolution
That is a long word: forever!
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Death
#Freedom
The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.
Georg Buchner,
German
Dramatist
#Time
#Life
#Death
#Blood