What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools. — Franz Grillparzer Country Copy Share Image
Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts! — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience. — Franz Grillparzer Audience Copy Share Image
A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that… — Franz Grillparzer Art Copy Share Image
Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only… — Franz Grillparzer Animal Copy Share Image
I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that… — Franz Grillparzer Books Copy Share Image
What are the characteristics of today's world so that one may recognize it by them?" It pays pensions and borrows money: credit… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Chance arrives unannounced. It emerges, and when it leaves, we are lucky if the changes it has produced are only external. — Franz Grillparzer Chance Copy Share Image
Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing. — Franz Grillparzer Abbreviations Copy Share Image
Gold schenkt die Eitelkeit, der rauhe Stolz, Die Freundschaft und die Liebe schenken Blumen. Gold is the gift of vanityand pride, Friendship… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy. — Franz Grillparzer Parliament Copy Share Image
I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never… — Franz Grillparzer Cause and effect Copy Share Image
Let the will embrace the highest ideals freely and with infinite strength, but let action first take hold of what lies closest. — Franz Grillparzer Action Copy Share Image
The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill. — Franz Grillparzer Art Copy Share Image
Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man. — Franz Grillparzer Dashing Copy Share Image
Who could deny that our Austria is richer than any other country? As the saying goes: "We have money like manure. — Franz Grillparzer Austria Copy Share Image
I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love; I have learned to… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The sun of a prince's good graces resembles that in the skies in that it shines most kindly upon the blackest people. — Franz Grillparzer Grace Copy Share Image
Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only… — Franz Grillparzer Achievement Copy Share Image
In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there. — Franz Grillparzer Art Copy Share Image
The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction. — Franz Grillparzer Conviction Copy Share Image
No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own. — Franz Grillparzer Caricatures Copy Share Image
The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part. — Franz Grillparzer Acting Copy Share Image
Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The first indication of a young person's growing smarter is that he no longer understands the things which he used to consider… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred. — Franz Grillparzer Attention Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks… — Franz Grillparzer Books Copy Share Image
You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of… — Franz Grillparzer Human knowledge Copy Share Image
No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short. — Franz Grillparzer Flower Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a fickle thing, indeed. A person taking aim presses the weapon to his chest and cheek, but when he hits,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The manifestation of poetry in external life is formal perfection. True sentiment grows within, and art must represent internal phenomena externally. — Franz Grillparzer Art Copy Share Image
