Georg Buchner's Quotes

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

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

They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.

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

We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.

Your words smell of corpses.

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

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

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

Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly.

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

Murder begins where self-defense ends.

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.

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.

Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.

That is a long word: forever!

The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.

The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.

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

We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.

Death is the most blessed dream.

Dying people often become childish.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

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

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

Love is a peculiar thing.