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Transcendence: that which transcends experience.

Franz Grillparzer

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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love I have learned to lose and to resign myself.
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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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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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In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.
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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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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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