Apex Quote by Franz Grillparzer
“A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.”
“A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.”
![“[The poet] must write as the interpreter of nature and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future generations, as a being superior to time and place.” quote by Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/668/samuel-johnson-50_future-generation_the-poet-must-write-as-the-interpreter-o_3180253.jpg)
