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
ideas age crowded
The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.
tasks poet theater
When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.
war cutting knives
No spoon has yet destroyed a mouth, but the knife of war cuts portions that are hard to swallow. Perhaps the big mouths of the privileged are able to cope with them, but they dull the teeth of the little people and ruin their stomachs.
ocean sailing storm
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.
endurance criminals diligence
German diligence is actually endurance.
boys ideas doubt
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.
art science journey
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.
humility pride men
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
blow two rights
Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens.
needs opinion helping
No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.
ideas realizing failing
Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.
looks stamps candid
I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.
lying embarrassing embarrassment
Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.
too-much stakes insight
When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.