Quotes by Georg Buchner

About Georg Buchner:

Karl Georg Büchner 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 Friedrich Schiller at the summit of their profession.
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Ich wage kaum die Hände auszustrecken, wie in einem engen Spiegelzimmer, aus Furcht überall anzustoßen, daß die schönen Figuren in Scherben auf dem Boden lägen und ich vor der kahlen, nackten Wand stünde.

Georg Buchner

The power of the people and the power of reason are one.

Georg Buchner

The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.

Georg Buchner

I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.

Georg Buchner

Death is the most blessed dream.

Georg Buchner

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 Buchner

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

Georg Buchner

The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.

Georg Buchner

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

Georg Buchner

The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.

Georg Buchner

The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.

Georg Buchner

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 Buchner

Love is a peculiar thing.

Georg Buchner

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

Georg Buchner

You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.

Georg Buchner

That is a long word: forever!

Georg Buchner

Dying people often become childish.

Georg Buchner

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

Georg Buchner

We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.

Georg Buchner

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

Georg Buchner

Author Bio

  • NameGeorg Buchner
  • DescriptionGerman dramatist and writer of poetry and prose
  • BornOctober 17, 1813
  • DiedFebruary 19, 1837
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionWriter; Playwright; Poet; Physician
  • WorksThe Hessian Courier; Woyzeck; Danton's Death