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Es binden Sklavenfesseln nur die H a« nde, Der Sinn, er macht den Freien und den Knecht. The chains of slavery can only bind the hands. The mind makes us either free or enslaved.
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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What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.
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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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Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.
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Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.
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The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince.
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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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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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The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.
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Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.
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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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The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.
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