The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady. — Franz Grillparzer Church Copy Share Image
The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic. — Franz Grillparzer Necessity Copy Share Image
Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it. — Franz Grillparzer Empiricism Copy Share Image
Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense. — Franz Grillparzer Character Copy Share Image
Those whom the gods chose as their property must not consort with mortals. — Franz Grillparzer Death Copy Share Image
Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum. — Franz Grillparzer Asylum Copy Share Image
Never expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to… — Franz Grillparzer Cross Copy Share Image
Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains. — Franz Grillparzer Death Copy Share Image
Compilers resemble gluttonous eaters who devour excessive quantities of healthy food just to excrete them as refuse. — Franz Grillparzer Food Copy Share Image
You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert,… — Franz Grillparzer Experts Copy Share Image
Why does the past look so enticing to us? For the same reason why from a distance a meadow with flowers looks… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones. — Franz Grillparzer Laziness Copy Share Image
I am a woman, and even if I could proceed with harshness and rigidity, it would disgust me nonetheless. — Franz Grillparzer Disgust Copy Share Image
I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels. — Franz Grillparzer Consideration Copy Share Image
Christianity is the religion of melancholy and hypochondria. Islam, on the other hand, promotes apathy, and Judaism instills its adherents with a… — Franz Grillparzer Apathy Copy Share Image
If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Who claims that the heathen's view of the world is incorrect? Life gives you nothing! It is ruled by false gods! Nothing… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent;being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Es binden Sklavenfesseln nur die H a« nde, Der Sinn, er macht den Freien und den Knecht. The chains of slavery can… — Franz Grillparzer Chains Copy Share Image
The prince exults whomever he selects as his consort, but the queen, rather than elevating the subject of her choice, humiliates him… — Franz Grillparzer Choices Copy Share Image
In early times, before the floods swept across the world, there was life, albeit odd, as one can see from the fossils… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Recently, the Germans have developed a tendency to prefer the so-called first (youthful) style of great artists to their mature works. Could… — Franz Grillparzer Aesthetic Copy Share Image
In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness. — Franz Grillparzer Art Copy Share Image
The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone. — Franz Grillparzer Intelligence Copy Share Image
Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind. — Franz Grillparzer Character Copy Share Image
Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Feeling and thinking are actually the blind man who carries the lame. — Franz Grillparzer Blind Copy Share Image
Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak. — Franz Grillparzer Cowardice Copy Share Image
The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream! — Franz Grillparzer Dream Copy Share Image
The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility. — Franz Grillparzer Character Copy Share Image
The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turnedinto a church lady. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It's actually the spirit helping the spirit; it is the doctor, the bed, the potion. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
