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Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.
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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Hurry
Sin
Keep
Castrate
Sinning
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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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Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.
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How frightening it is to have reached the height of human accomplishment in art that must forever borrow from life's abundance.
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Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.
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What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.
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The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!
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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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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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Austrian soldiers are like horses: brave but easily frightened.
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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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Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.
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People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.
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A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.
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The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.
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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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