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Franz Grillparzer quotes

Austrian Poet January 15, 1791 – January 21, 1872

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Franz Grillparzer quote: "Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be..."
Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "Before passing different laws for different people, I'd..."
Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave. Franz Grillparzer
This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is..."
Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem;..."
To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet. Franz Grillparzer
Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he..."
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant..."
No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "Prose talks and poetry sings."
Prose talks and poetry sings. Franz Grillparzer
Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but..."
No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not..."
The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what..."
Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass. Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer quote: "When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the..."
When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience. Franz Grillparzer

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