Georg Buchner Quotes & Sayings

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

“The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.”

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

“Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.”

“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.”

“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 death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.”

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