Dilettantes Quotes by Franz Grillparzer

Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other…

— Franz Grillparzer

Plato calls complacency the companion of loneliness.

— Franz Grillparzer

The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.

— Franz Grillparzer

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has…

— Franz Grillparzer

Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful…

— Franz Grillparzer

Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going…

— Franz Grillparzer

Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course…

— Franz Grillparzer

The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

— Franz Grillparzer

I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

— Franz Grillparzer

Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.

— Franz Grillparzer

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into…

— Franz Grillparzer

The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turnedinto a church lady.

— Franz Grillparzer

Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad…

— Franz Grillparzer

Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.

— Franz Grillparzer

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

— Franz Grillparzer