“The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.”
The Hessian Courier (1834)
Karl Georg Büchner fue un dramaturgo alemán y escritor de prosa. Era hijo del químico y médico forense Ernst Büchner, así como hermano del físico y filósofo Ludwig Büchner. El talento de Büchner es generalmente tenido en gran estima tanto en Alemania como en el extranjero y sus obras se representan con frecuencia. Se considera que, de no haber muerto tan joven, hubiese adquirido la importancia de Goethe y Schiller. Wikipedia
“The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.”
The Hessian Courier (1834)
“How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?”
Act I.
Leonce and Lena (1838)
“There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.”
Act I.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)
“We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.”
Act II.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)
“They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same.”
Act I.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)
“Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!”
The Hessian Courier (1834)
“The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.”
Act I.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)
“Freedom and whores are the most cosmopolitan items under the sun.”
Act IV.
Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)