Franz Grillparzer
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzerwas an Austrian writer who is chiefly known for his dramas. He also wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 January 1791
CountryAustria
honesty power people
Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.
running accomplishment priorities
Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going wrong. The first objective for a clock, is, however, that it does run; not going wrong is an additional regulative function. If not a watch's greatest accomplishment were not going wrong, unwound watches might be the best.
fear grief enemy
Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won.
change gratitude weapons
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.
change lucky chance
Chance arrives unannounced. It emerges, and when it leaves, we are lucky if the changes it has produced are only external.
poetry prose
Prose talks and poetry sings.
home uprising two
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.
mother home son
There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.
men appreciate facts
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.
anger together examination
My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.
government people wish
I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.
divine-power fame empty
Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.
poetry-and-music tone sound
Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object?
men remembrance desire
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.