The revolution is like Saturn-it eats its children.

Ich weiß wohl - die Revolution ist wie Saturn, sie frißt ihre eignen
Kinder.

Georg Büchner

Danton's Death

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Revolution

Speaker

Danton

Author

Georg Büchner

Source

Danton's Death

Language

German

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Buchner, George. Dantons Tod [Danton's Death]. 5 Jan. 1902, Berlin, Germany, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Buchner, George. "Danton's Death." Danton's Death, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck, translated by Victor Price. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 1, sc. 5.

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He who doesn't see his lover's faults as virtues is not in love.

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Time
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Original Citation

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And with the guts of the last priest
Let's wring the neck of the last king.

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Source
Les Eleutheromanes
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1772 1770s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Citation

Diderot, Denis. "Les Eleutheromanes [The Eleutherans]." Correspondance littéraire, 1 Mar. 1772.

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One lives but once in this world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Preciousness of life Nature of life
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Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
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Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play) Tragedy
Language
German
Time
1774 1770s 18th century
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Citation

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Clavigo. Leipzig: In der Weygand'schen Buchhandlung, 1774, act 1, sc. 1.