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Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.

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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There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.
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As youth lives in the future, so the adult lives in the past: No one rightly knows how to live in the present.
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When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.
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Gold schenkt die Eitelkeit, der rauhe Stolz, Die Freundschaft und die Liebe schenken Blumen. Gold is the gift of vanityand pride, Friendship and love offer flowers.
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Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!
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The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!
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Critics are reprimanded when they get sarcastic. How absurd! Is the torch of criticism supposed to shine without burning?
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Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
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My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.
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