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In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
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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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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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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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Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.
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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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Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.
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I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.
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Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
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Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers.
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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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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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What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.
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Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.
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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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