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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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If only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and their censors fear! Considering the countless good books we have, the world would have changed for the better a long time ago.
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Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.
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Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.
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The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.
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A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.
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Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.
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Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.
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The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.
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The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!
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The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.
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It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.
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In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.
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The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.
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Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.
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I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.
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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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To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
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Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.
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A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.
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Jealousy is a grievous passion that jealously seeks what causes grief.
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