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The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Poet
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors? Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand the natural, they did not have to be artificial in order to be original (which every artist aspires to be).
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Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.
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Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
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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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This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.
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What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.
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It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.
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A love that dies has never lived.
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Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!
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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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A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits.
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Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other words, by integrating everything into a whole, whereas talent produces only fragments, no matter how beautiful.
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The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
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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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To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
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The manifestation of poetry in external life is formal perfection. True sentiment grows within, and art must represent internal phenomena externally.
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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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The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.
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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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Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.
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