Christian Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel (1851)

Christian Friedrich Hebbel (18 March 1813 – 13 December 1863) was a German poet and dramatist.

Quotes

• Was du teurer bezahlst, die Lüge oder die Wahrheit?
  Jene kostet dein Ich, diese doch höchstens dein Glück.
  • Which do you pay dearer for, lies or the truth?
    The former costs you yourself, the latter at most your happiness.
    • "Epigrams" in Sämtliche Werke, volume 6, page 365

• Tall as they grow, the flowers
  Are pale here, as if dead.
  Just one right in the middle
  Stands there so dark and red.
  
  Its hue is not from the daylight,
  No sun has burned this bud,
  Its red is from the earth bed,
  And that drank human blood!
  • Böser Ort (Evil Place) [1]