Georg Büchner

Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was 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 Friedrich Schiller at the summit of their profession.

Life and career

Born in Goddelau (now part of Riedstadt) in the Grand Duchy of Hesse as the son of a physician, Büchner attended a humanistic secondary school that focused on modern languages (including French, Italian and English).

In 1828, he became interested in politics and joined a circle of William Shakespeare aficionados which later on probably became the Gießen and Darmstadt section of the "Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte" (Society for Human Rights).

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Famous quotes by Georg Buchner:

"The Revolution is like Saturn - it eats its own children"
"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."
"Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body."
"The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever."
"Your words smell of corpses."
"There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined."
"Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave."
"The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday."
"The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers."
"Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!"
"We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces."
"The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries."
"The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny."
"We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end."
"The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled."
"Love is a peculiar thing."
"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."
"The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength."
"How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?"
"The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom."
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