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Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.
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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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What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.
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Servants honor their master by their service.
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The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.
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It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.
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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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Es binden Sklavenfesseln nur die H a« nde, Der Sinn, er macht den Freien und den Knecht. The chains of slavery can only bind the hands. The mind makes us either free or enslaved.
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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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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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To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
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The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.
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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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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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German radicalism: freedom-masturbation.
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Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
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