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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.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Genius resembles a bell in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful toneis silenced.
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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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Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
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It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.
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The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.
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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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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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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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When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.
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There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.
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Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.
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The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.
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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.
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