"Prose talks and poetry sings." — Franz Grillparzer

"Prose talks and poetry sings."

— Franz Grillparzer

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45 Quotes by Franz Grillparzer

Franz Grillparzer has 45 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an…
This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble…
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those…
No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you…
Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.
I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid…
If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.
If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be…
Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to…
No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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