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As far as the arts and the sciences are concerned, the German mind appreciates most highly that which it does not understand of the latter, and that which it does not enjoy of the former.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
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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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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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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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Genius resembles a bell in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful toneis silenced.
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The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.
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If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.
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The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.
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Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day before.
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Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won.
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It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.
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Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.
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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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