They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves… — Franz Grillparzer Austria Copy Share Image
Strength, strength alone, is honorable, the German nation clamors in its majesty. But since it is hard to muster strength so suddenly,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
There is one privilege we'll never lose; currently it's called nationality. It means that everyone was born somewhere, which is infact self-evident. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I understand the phrase "Honor the Women" all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers… — Franz Grillparzer Honor Copy Share Image
If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked. — Franz Grillparzer Art Copy Share Image
No matter which word it is, when I pronounce repeatedly, it ends up sounding utterly ridiculous and meaningless to me. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most… — Franz Grillparzer Approach Copy Share Image
Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in… — Franz Grillparzer Creation Copy Share Image
Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered. — Franz Grillparzer Animal Copy Share Image
Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today. — Franz Grillparzer Age Copy Share Image
I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate. — Franz Grillparzer Absolutes Copy Share Image
Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light. — Franz Grillparzer Beautiful Copy Share Image
The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal. — Franz Grillparzer Avengers Copy Share Image
A man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet. — Franz Grillparzer Beloved Copy Share Image
