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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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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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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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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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The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.
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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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Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.
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Gold schenkt die Eitelkeit, der rauhe Stolz, Die Freundschaft und die Liebe schenken Blumen. Gold is the gift of vanityand pride, Friendship and love offer flowers.
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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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The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
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A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.
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Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.
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Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object?
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You can make the best of it and be content, or you can complain, it makes no difference. What does it matter that human beings judge the things that exist?
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It's actually the spirit helping the spirit it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.
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As youth lives in the future, so the adult lives in the past: No one rightly knows how to live in the present.
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