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
writing speech abbreviations
Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
mind may invisible
The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.
stupid silly experts
You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.
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.
love symbolism want
Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.
respect dog power
Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.
freedom order air
Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful toneis silenced.
genius recognition crosses
Never expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.
thanksgiving being-thankful important
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
judging needs silent
Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.
doe opinion originality
Turning popular opinion upside down does not make an original.
country party government
Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.
humility pride men
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
mirrors literature monkeys
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates.