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
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.
speed slow-down bits
Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.
time work appreciate
Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time.
time order lazy
When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones.
mother-daughter caution circumspection
Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.
blow two rights
Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens.
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.
profound achievement simplicity
Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.
doe goodness good-things
The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.
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.
food healthy waste
Compilers resemble gluttonous eaters who devour excessive quantities of healthy food just to excrete them as refuse.
rights two bent
Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along.
poetry prose
Prose talks and poetry sings.