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
skills two use
Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.
mind piety fermentation
Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.
stupidity house acres
Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.
rights two bent
Right and proof are two crutches for everything bent and crooked that limps along.
endurance criminals diligence
German diligence is actually endurance.
poetry prose
Prose talks and poetry sings.
future past cradle
The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.
tasks poet theater
When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.
progress recourse
Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
ideas age crowded
The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.
food prose-and-poetry different
Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.
flower pride gold
Gold schenkt die Eitelkeit, der rauhe Stolz, Die Freundschaft und die Liebe schenken Blumen. Gold is the gift of vanityand pride, Friendship and love offer flowers.
hands mind slavery
Es binden Sklavenfesseln nur die H a« nde, Der Sinn, er macht den Freien und den Knecht. The chains of slavery can only bind the hands. The mind makes us either free or enslaved.
home uprising two
Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled.