Quotations From GEORG BÜCHNER

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• 1.

  Dying people often become childish.

  Georg Büchner (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Danton's Death, act II (1835).
  
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• 2.

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

  Georg Büchner (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Danton's Death, act III (1835). Danton during his trial.
  
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• 3.

  The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.

  Georg Büchner (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Danton's Death, act I (1835). On the French Revolution of 1789.
  
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• 4.

  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 (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Leonce and Lena, act II (1838).
  
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• 5.

  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 (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Lenz (1839).
  
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• 6.

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

  Georg Büchner (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Danton's Death, act II (1835).
• 7.

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

  Georg Büchner (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Leonce and Lena, act I (1838).
  
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• 8.

  Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.

  Georg Büchner (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Danton's Death, act I (1835).
• 9.

  The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.

  Georg Büchner (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Danton's Death, act I (1835). On the French Revolution of 1789.
• 10.

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

  Georg Büchner (1813-1837), German dramatist, revolutionary. Trans. by Gerhard P. Knapp (1995). Danton's Death, act I (1835). On the French Revolution of 1789.
  
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