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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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Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.
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The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.
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I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.
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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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Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.
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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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