Georg Buchner Playwright
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: Germany
- Born: Oct 17, 1813
- Died: Feb 19, 1837
Karl Georg Büchner was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose. 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.
The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.
strength
They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.
peace
Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!
peace
I'll know how to die with courage that is easier than living.
courage
You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.
women
The power of the people and the power of reason are one.
power