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Murder begins where self-defense ends.
Georg Büchner
We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.
Georg Büchner
They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.
Georg Büchner
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.
Georg Büchner
Your words smell of corpses.
Georg Büchner
Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.
Georg Büchner
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 Büchner
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.
Georg Büchner
Supreme power rests in the will of all or of the majority.
Georg Büchner
Freedom and whores are the most cosmopolitan items under the sun.
Georg Büchner
Do you know, Valerio, that even the least among all humans is so great that life is far too short to love him?
Georg Büchner
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 Büchner
Germany is now a field of cadavers, soon she will be a paradise.
Georg Büchner
People like us are unhappy in this world and in the next, I guess if we made it to heaven, we'd have to help make it thunder.
Georg Büchner
There is something beautiful about virtue, Captain. But I am just a poor guy.
Georg Büchner
Life is God's novel. Let him write it.
Georg Büchner
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Georg Büchner
Occupation:
German Dramatist
Born:
October 17, 1813
Died:
February 19, 1837
Quotes count:
43
Wikipedia:
Georg Büchner
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