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
love men may
A man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet.
love passion men
A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.
men perfection half
The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.
wisdom princess men
Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.
men thinking feelings
Feeling and thinking are actually the blind man who carries the lame.
children knowledge men
Distinctly different as a child, as an adolescent, in his prime and in his old age, man considers himself as one, not because he acts, but because he knows.
father men cities
Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers.
marriage men house
Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.
strength sex men
It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.
running men alone-man
In the long run, only woman remains true to mankind's foremost mission. Whatever she achieves, she achieves through herself, and alone. Man's master is the--public.
men appreciate facts
The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.
men remembrance desire
Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.
humility pride men
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
life death men
Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.