Georg Buchner quotes
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“We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Büchner, Act II, 1835.
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“Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.
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“The power of the people and the power of reason are one.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : Georg Buchner, Howard Brenton (2013). “Danton's Death”, p.38, A&C Black
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“The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.
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“You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.
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“The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "The Hessian Courier". Book by Georg Buchner, 1834.
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“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 BuchnerSource : "Lenz". Book by Georg Buchner, 1835.
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“That is a long word: forever!”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Leonce and Lena". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1838.
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“Love is a peculiar thing.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Leonce and Lena". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1838.
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“Man is an abyss, and I turn giddy when I look down into it.”
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“The revolution must end and the republic must begin. In our constitution, right must take the place of duty, welfare that of virtue, and self-defense that of punishment. Everyone must be able to prevail and to live according to one's own nature.”
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“Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias: it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.”
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“Freedom and ***** are the most cosmopolitan items under the sun.”
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“Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.
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“The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.”
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“Murder begins where self-defense ends.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.
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“How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?”
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“Only one thing abides: an infinite beauty that passes from form to form, eternally changed and revealed afresh.”
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“There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.”
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“People like us are unhappy in this world and in the next, I guess if we made it to heaven, wed have to help make it thunder.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Woyzeck". Stage play by Georg Buchner (Scene VI), 1879.
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“I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Büchner, Act II, 1835.
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“Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "The Hessian Courier". Book by Georg Buchner, 1834.
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“Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : Danton's Death act 1, sc. 5 (1835) See Vergniaud 1
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“The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny”
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“The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Büchner, Act IV, 1835.
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“A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Woyzeck". Play by Georg Büchner, Scene X, 1879.
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“The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act IV, 1835.
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“We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act II, 1835.
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“The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength”
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“Death is the most blessed dream.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Leonce and Lena". Play by Georg Büchner, Act II, 1838.
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“The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.”
-- Georg BuchnerSource : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act II, 1835.
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“Do you know, Valerio, that even the least among all humans is so great that life is far too short to love him?”
-- Georg Buchner
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