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The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.
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
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Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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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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Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.
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Servants honor their master by their service.
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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 military and the clergy cause us much annoyance the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.
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Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.
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Ideas are not thoughts the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.
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A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.
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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
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Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.
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Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.
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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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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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Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.
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The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.
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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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The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince.
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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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