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Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.
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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I understand the phrase Honor the Women all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers to honor another.
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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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Servants honor their master by their service.
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Genius resembles a bell in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful toneis silenced.
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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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Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.
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