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A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.
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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An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of resistance: contemptuous compliance.
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Jealousy is a grievous passion that jealously seeks what causes grief.
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Bunglers and pedants judge art according to genre they approve of this and dismiss that genre, but instead of genres, the open-minded connoisseur appreciates only individual works.
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Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.
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The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.
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The real genres: good and bad.
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Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness.
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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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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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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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I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love I have learned to lose and to resign myself.
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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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Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.
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Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
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Gratitude is a fickle thing, indeed. A person taking aim presses the weapon to his chest and cheek, but when he hits, he discardsit with indifference.
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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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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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