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
military causes empty
The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.
divine-power fame empty
Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.
claimed difference mistake mistakes three
Every mistake has three stages: first, it is made, second, it is not admitted, and third, its claimed it didnt make any difference anyway.
converts half oh wisdom
Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.
speed slow-down bits
Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.
grieving austria may
They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves tobe fleeced, the good lords.
world fossils bones
In early times, before the floods swept across the world, there was life, albeit odd, as one can see from the fossils of mammoth bones, and there was the regime of Prince Metternich.
deception lost torture
I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love; I have learned to lose and to resign myself.
dangerous-situations apathy temper
The most irascible person is most likely to become apathetic in dangerous situations.
tasks metaphysics empiricism
Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it.
learning self growing
The first indication of a young person's growing smarter is that he no longer understands the things which he used to consider quite intelligible and self-evident.
diplomats politician excellent
The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.
country party government
Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.
healing doctors medicine
It's actually the spirit helping the spirit; it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.