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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
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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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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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I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.
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Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
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Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.
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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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Do you call the jewel blind, because your eye is?
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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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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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