Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.
- Georg Buchner
Grave, His, Whoever, Halfway
We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.
- Georg Buchner
Strings, Puppets, Pulled, Unknown
A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.
- Georg Buchner
Man, Fast, Conscience, A Good Man
The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.
- Georg Buchner
God, Chaos, World, Nothingness
The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.
- Georg Buchner
Slow, Only, Centuries, Counted
Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.
- Georg Buchner
Government, Which, Garment, Tightly
Your words smell of corpses.
- Georg Buchner
Words, Smell, Your, Corpses
The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.
- Georg Buchner
Death, Drop, Ticking, Lingering
Love is a peculiar thing.
- Georg Buchner
Love, Love Is, Thing, Peculiar
There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.
- Georg Buchner
Christ, Most, Either, Refined
How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?
- Georg Buchner
Love, Need, Scale, Up And Down
We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.
- Georg Buchner
Stage, Always, Even, Earnest
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 Buchner
Small, Through, Which, Lend
The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny.
- Georg Buchner
Government, Liberty, Tyranny, Despotism
Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!
- Georg Buchner
Peace, War, Palaces
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.
- Georg Buchner
Sky, Over, Which, Scattered
They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.
- Georg Buchner
Peace, Same, Grave, They Say
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.
- Georg Buchner
Death, Freedom, Breath, Aristocrat
The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.
- Georg Buchner
Burn, Been, Cast, Furnace
Dying people often become childish.
- Georg Buchner
People, Dying, Often, Childish
The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.
- Georg Buchner
Life, Long, Wealthy, Sunday
The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.
- Georg Buchner
Strength, Weapon, Terror, Virtue
Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.
- Georg Buchner
Children, Own, Like, Saturn
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.
- Georg Buchner
Love, Reach, Individual, Ugly
Death is the most blessed dream.
- Georg Buchner
Death, Dream, Most, Blessed
You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.
- Georg Buchner
Love, Women, Someone, Lie
We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.
- Georg Buchner
Us, Made, Revolution
The power of the people and the power of reason are one.
- Georg Buchner
People, Reason, Power
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