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Franz Grillparzer Quotes

The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality Picture Quote #1

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one Picture Quote #1

Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along Picture Quote #1

In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness Picture Quote #1

Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time Picture Quote #1

Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother Picture Quote #1

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Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens Picture Quote #1

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet Picture Quote #1

Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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To test a modest man’s modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism Picture Quote #1

When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet’s task to turn it into an audience Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You even called me stupid in your verse, and I’m almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend Picture Quote #1

Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses Picture Quote #1

Before passing different laws for different people, I’d relinquish myself unto you as your slave Picture Quote #1

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I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman’s candid brow Picture Quote #1

Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself Picture Quote #1

If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We’re progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest Picture Quote #1

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require Picture Quote #1

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No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own Picture Quote #1

The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception Picture Quote #1

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son Picture Quote #1

This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy Picture Quote #1

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The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) 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 (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) 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 (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) To test a modest man’s modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet’s task to turn it into an audience (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) 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 (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) You even called me stupid in your verse, and I’m almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Before passing different laws for different people, I’d relinquish myself unto you as your slave (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman’s candid brow (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) 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 (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We’re progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) 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 (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son (Franz Grillparzer Quotes) This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy (Franz Grillparzer Quotes)

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