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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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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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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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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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Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.
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He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.
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Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.
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Plato calls complacency the companion of loneliness.
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The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
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Why I love the ancients so much? Aside from everything else, when I read them, the entire past between them and me unfolds at thesame time. The hearts of how many heroes and poets may have been set on fire by Plutarch's biographies which now inspire me with their own and with borrowed flames!
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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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Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.
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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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The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.
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Ideas are not thoughts the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.
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