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
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.
animal needs fool
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.
flower pride gold
Gold schenkt die Eitelkeit, der rauhe Stolz, Die Freundschaft und die Liebe schenken Blumen. Gold is the gift of vanityand pride, Friendship and love offer flowers.
hands mind slavery
Es binden Sklavenfesseln nur die H a« nde, Der Sinn, er macht den Freien und den Knecht. The chains of slavery can only bind the hands. The mind makes us either free or enslaved.
law people different
Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.
people support prussia
To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.
art age aging
Art is eternally young, but the poet ages. If only he remained as young as art! If only it aged with him!
future past cradle
The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.
gun
Freedom requires guns.
gun feet arms
To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet.
progress recourse
Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.