Georg Büchner quotes

Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave. (Georg Büchner)
The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.
Georg Büchner
The power of the people and the power of reason are one.
Georg Büchner
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.
Georg Büchner
Dying people often become childish.
Georg Büchner
Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.
Georg Büchner
We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.
Georg Büchner
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 Büchner
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.
Georg Büchner
The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.
Georg Büchner
The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world. (Georg Büchner)
Death is the most blessed dream.
Georg Büchner
We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.
Georg Büchner
You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.
Georg Büchner
Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!
Georg Büchner
Love is a peculiar thing.
Georg Büchner
That is a long word: forever!
Georg Büchner
How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?
Georg Büchner
The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.
Georg Büchner
There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.
Georg Büchner
The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength. (Georg Büchner)
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 Büchner
A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.
Georg Büchner
I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.
Georg Büchner
The Revolution is like Saturn - it eats its own children.
Georg Büchner