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
That is a long word: forever!
Murder begins where self-defense ends.
Dying people often become childish.
Death is the most blessed dream.
A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.
I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled
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.
You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom
The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world
The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday
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.
Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.