A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Women, children, Tyroleans and preachers want to create a new kingdom of God, but the God of their kingdom looks like women,… — Franz Grillparzer Children Copy Share Image
The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures. — Franz Grillparzer Children Copy Share Image
Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer Applause Copy Share Image
Distinctly different as a child, as an adolescent, in his prime and in his old age, man considers himself as one, not… — Franz Grillparzer Action Copy Share Image
Even with limited intelligence, knowing oneself is not as difficult as some say, but to act according to what one has realized… — 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
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
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
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
Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The… — Franz Grillparzer Art Copy Share Image
Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself. — Franz Grillparzer Boundaries Copy Share Image
The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the… — Franz Grillparzer Body Copy Share Image
Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion. — Franz Grillparzer Church Copy Share Image
A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest… — Franz Grillparzer Action Copy Share Image
North and West have always vied for power and territory, but their recent competition as to which one is more insidious of… — Franz Grillparzer Competition 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
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
Compilers resemble gluttonous eaters who devour excessive quantities of healthy food just to excrete them as refuse. — Franz Grillparzer Food Copy Share Image
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. — Franz Grillparzer Being thankful Copy Share Image
As youth lives in the future, so the adult lives in the past: No one rightly knows how to live in the… — Franz Grillparzer Adults Copy Share Image
Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power. — Franz Grillparzer Divine 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
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
How great seems human progress when we consider where it began, and how insignificant, when we contemplate the goals for which itstrives. — Franz Grillparzer 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
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
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
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
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
