https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:06:23 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/buchner-georg/851/ https://wist.info/buchner-georg/851/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=851 The Revolution is like Saturn — it eats its own children.

Karl Georg Büchner (1813-1837) German dramatist
Danton’s Death, Act I (1835)

Also attributed to Pierre Vergniaud, Girondin politician, speaking at the French National Assembly (16 Mar 1793): "Citizens, we now have cause to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn successively devouring his children, has finally given way to despotism and all the calamities that despotism implies." ]]> https://wist.info/buchner-georg/851/feed/ 0 851