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
individual educated phenomenon
The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.
evil
It is good insofar as it is not evil.
courage decision world
Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest thing in the world is making a decision.
money business delight
Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day before.
strength sex men
It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.
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.
marriage queens husband
The prince exults whomever he selects as his consort, but the queen, rather than elevating the subject of her choice, humiliates him as a man. By all that is right, a man is not intended to be the husband of his wife, but a woman is to be her husband's wife.
eye jewels perception
Do you call the jewel blind, because your eye is?
self arrogance age
Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age; but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness.
success education children
What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.
change lucky chance
Chance arrives unannounced. It emerges, and when it leaves, we are lucky if the changes it has produced are only external.
change gratitude weapons
Gratitude is a fickle thing, indeed. A person taking aim presses the weapon to his chest and cheek, but when he hits, he discardsit with indifference.
dream shadow world
The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!
flower simplicity crowns
The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.