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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Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, all flock to their aid.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Literary Ethics

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Literary Ethics
Medium
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Language
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Time
1838 1830s 19th century
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Literary Ethics." 24 July 1838, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

Gil Scott-Heron

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Revolution

Author

Gil Scott-Heron
Medium
Slogan
Language
English
Time
1970 1970s 20th century
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"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Slogan among the Black Power movements. c. 1960.

Another quote originally in German

What was once thought can never be unthought.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

The Physicists

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Intellectual progress
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Mobius

Author

Friedrich Durrenmatt
Source
The Physicists
Medium
Play
Language
German
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Durrenmatt, Friedrich. Die Physiker [The Physicists]. 1962, Zurich, Switzerland, act 2.

Current Citation

Durrenmatt, Friedrich. The Physicists, translated by Joel Agee. Grove Press, 2010, act 2.