Georg Buchner Quotes - Page 2

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• How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?

  Georg Buchner

  Doe, Needs, Way

  "Leonce and Lena". Play by Georg Büchner, Act I., 1838.

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• Dying people often become childish.

  Georg Buchner

  People, Dying

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act II, 1835.

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• The sin is in our thoughts.

  Georg Buchner

  Sin, Our Thoughts

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.

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• Freedom and whores are the most cosmopolitan items under the sun.

  Georg Buchner

  Sun, Items

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act IV, 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.

  Georg Buchner

  Hot, Fingers, Casts

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 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

  Life Is, Too Short, Humans

  "Leonce and Lena". Play by Georg Buchner, Act III, 1838.

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• Revolution calls my name. I will soon dwell in nothingness, and my name will be in the Pantheon of history.

  Georg Buchner

  Death, Names, History

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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.

  Georg Buchner

  Self, Punishment, Defense

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Büchner, Act I, 1835.

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• Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias: it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.

  Georg Buchner

  Daughter, Cutting, Order

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Büchner, Act II, 1835.

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• The state is therefore everyone; the rules within the state are laws which safeguard the welfare of all and which must originate from the welfare of all.

  Georg Buchner

  Law, Welfare, States

  "The Hessian Courier". Book by Georg Buchner, 1834.

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• The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.

  Georg Buchner

  Republic, Weapons, Virtue

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.

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• Germany is now a field of cadavers, soon she will be a paradise.

  Georg Buchner

  Revolution, Germany, Cadavers

  "The Hessian Courier". Book by Georg Buchner, 1834.

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• The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny

  Georg Buchner

  Government, Tyrants, Liberty

  Georg Buchner, Howard Brenton (2013). “Danton's Death”, p.17, A&C Black

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• There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.

  Georg Buchner

  Christ, Crude, Epicurean

  "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.

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