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A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.
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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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Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.
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Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.
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A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he candivide.
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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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The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.
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The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality.
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The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.
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