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I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.
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Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors? Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand the natural, they did not have to be artificial in order to be original (which every artist aspires to be).
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Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.
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My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.
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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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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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Do you call the jewel blind, because your eye is?
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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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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 not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.
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A love that dies has never lived.
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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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Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.
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Gratitude is a fickle thing, indeed. A person taking aim presses the weapon to his chest and cheek, but when he hits, he discardsit with indifference.
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It's actually the spirit helping the spirit it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.
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