"At certain times, men regard poetry merely as……" — Franz Grillparzer
"At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire."
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Franz Grillparzer
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45 Quotes by Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer has 45 quotes on this site.
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To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
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Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an…
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This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble…
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Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those…
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No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you…
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Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.
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I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid…
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If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.
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If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be…
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Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to…
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No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.
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I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing…
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Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
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In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.
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