Georg Buchner Quotes - Page 2

The sin is in our thoughts.

Dying people often become childish.

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

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.

Freedom and whores are the most cosmopolitan items under the sun.

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

Do you know, Valerio, that even the least among all humans is so great that life is far too short to love him?

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.

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

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

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

Germany is now a field of cadavers, soon she will be a paradise.

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny

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