Georg Büchner: Zitate auf Englisch (seite 2)

“The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.”

“I’ll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.”

“Death is the most blessed dream.”

“That is a long word: forever!”

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

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

“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.”

“Dying people often become childish”

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

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

“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.”

“There is something beautiful about virtue, Captain. But I am just a poor guy.”

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

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

“We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.”

“They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.”

“The sin is in our thoughts.”

“Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!”

“The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.”