Franz Grillparzer
Poet
1791-01-15
Books by Franz Grillparzer
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Grillparzer: König Ottokars Glück und Ende
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Sappho
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Sappho,
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Quotes by Franz Grillparzer
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The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.
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Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.
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Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
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Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
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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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Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.
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It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.
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The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.
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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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