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It's actually the spirit helping the spirit it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.

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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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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
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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 understand the phrase Honor the Women all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers to honor another.
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The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.
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The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.
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The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.
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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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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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Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.
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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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If only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and their censors fear! Considering the countless good books we have, the world would have changed for the better a long time ago.
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Austrian soldiers are like horses: brave but easily frightened.
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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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If human beings are immortal, so are animals. If matter has the ability to remember, it also has the ability to think.
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In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.
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