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
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
beautiful moon years
Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.
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.
character poetry world
What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.
horse brave soldier
Austrian soldiers are like horses: brave but easily frightened.
mind may invisible
The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.
feet imagination body
Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!
life art accomplishment
How frightening it is to have reached the height of human accomplishment in art that must forever borrow from life's abundance.
country intelligent thinking
In certain countries, people seem to be think that three asses together make one intelligent person. However, that is completely wrong. Several asses in concreto make the ass in abstracto and that is a most terrifying animal.
doe goodness good-things
The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.