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What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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In certain countries, people seem to be think that three asses together make one intelligent person. However, that is completely wrong. Several asses in concreto make the ass in abstracto and that is a most terrifying animal.
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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.
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If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.
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It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.
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What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.
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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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Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
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A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits.
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Our age believed herself pregnant with auspicious progeny, but when her hour came, it turned out to be dropsy.
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Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.
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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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Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won.
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There is one privilege we'll never lose currently it's called nationality. It means that everyone was born somewhere, which is infact self-evident.
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Why I love the ancients so much? Aside from everything else, when I read them, the entire past between them and me unfolds at thesame time. The hearts of how many heroes and poets may have been set on fire by Plutarch's biographies which now inspire me with their own and with borrowed flames!
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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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It's actually the spirit helping the spirit it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.
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Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.
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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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The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.
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Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.
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