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Do you know, Valerio, that even the least among all humans is so great that life is far too short to love him?

— Georg Büchner Leonce and Lena (1838)

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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.

Lenz (1835)

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

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

And for tired eyes every light is too bright, and for tired lips every breath too heavy, and for tired ears every word too much.

Leonce and Lena (1838)

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

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

The power of the people and the power of reason are one.

Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835)

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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