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
smart people intelligence
He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.
rights people justice
Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.
respect squares justice
The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.
food healthy waste
Compilers resemble gluttonous eaters who devour excessive quantities of healthy food just to excrete them as refuse.
children hypocrisy hard-life
A pious woman's neighbor, a philanthropist's child, a liberal's servant--these three have a hard life.
art essence understanding
The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.
skills two use
Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.
men flames fire
At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.
strength military army
Our poetry emulates the recent progress in military strategy: Our army's strength is the foot soldiers.
poetry criticism tailors
A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he candivide.
poetry poetic poet
The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
simple religion reason
The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.
children philosophical poetry
The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.
wise wisdom men
A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.