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
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.
respect self-respect i-respect-myself
I cannot be exacting because I respect myself.
thinking gold may
Mozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die of hunger
writing land who-i-am
Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.
mother-daughter caution circumspection
Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.
thinking sky tree
If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.
competition peaceful territory
North and West have always vied for power and territory, but their recent competition as to which one is more insidious of the twohas been more peaceful.