Georg Buchner
Georg Buchner
Karl Georg Büchnerwas a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary, a natural scientist, and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though few in number, are generally held in great esteem in Germany and it is widely believed that, had it not been for his early death, he might have joined such central German literary figures as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth17 October 1813
CountryGermany
Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.
And for tired eyes every light is too bright, and for tired lips every breath too heavy, and for tired ears every word too much.
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.
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled
The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday
Murder begins where self-defense ends.
That is a long word: forever!
Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.
The sin is in our thoughts.
Only one thing abides: an infinite beauty that passes from form to form, eternally changed and revealed afresh.
There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.
How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?
Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!