Franz Grillparzer
17 quotes
Biography
"Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power."
"Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object?"
"I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels."
"When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns."
"I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else."
"Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses."
"Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail."
"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."
"Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process."
"Prose talks and poetry sings."
"Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process."
"Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it."
"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."
"Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun."
"Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it."
"Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light."
"The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception."