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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
Playwright
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Politician
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.
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It's actually the spirit helping the spirit it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.
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The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.
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Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
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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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Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.
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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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Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.
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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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The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.
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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
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