"Die Leute befinden sich ganz wohl dabei! Sie haben Unglück; kann man mehr verlangen, um gerührt, edel, tugendhaft oder witzig zu sein, oder um überhaupt keine Langeweile zu haben? — Ob sie nun an der Guillotine oder am Fieber oder am Alter sterben! Es ist noch vorzuziehen, sie treten mit gelenken Gliedern hinter die Coulissen und können im Abgehen noch hübsch gestikuliren und die Zuschauer klatschen hören."
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Georg Büchner, Danton's Tod II, 1 / Danton. In: Danton's Tod, Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1835, S. 58,
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