Georg Büchmann

He studied theology, philology and archaeology in University of Berlin, where his instructors included August Böckh and Theodor Panofka.

He worked as a schoolteacher in Brandenburg an der Havel, and later taught language courses at the Friedrich-Werder'schen trade school in Berlin (1854–77).

[1] He became well known as a result of his 1864 book Geflügelte Worte, Der Zitatenschatz des Deutschen Volkes, a collection of quotations.

Specifically, the book (the title of which, loosely translated, is "Winged Words") included literary quotes that had become part of common speech.

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