Franz Grillparzer Quotes - Page 5

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• Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.

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  Average, Two, Mind

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• No matter which word it is, when I pronounce repeatedly, it ends up sounding utterly ridiculous and meaningless to me.

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  Matter, Ridiculous, Ends

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• The way in which modern German poetry follows theories reminds me of pupils who, scolded by their teacher for their insubordination, justify themselves by saying that they invented new rules of propriety according to which they are quite well- behaved.

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  Teacher, Poetry, Way

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• A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

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  Love, Passion, Men

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• The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.

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  Art, Believe, Skills

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• Mozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die of hunger

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  Thinking, Gold, May

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• 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.

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  House, Stupidity, Acres

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• The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

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  Respect, Squares, Justice

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• Servants honor their master by their service.

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  Honor, Masters, Servant

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• Our poetry emulates the recent progress in military strategy: Our army's strength is the foot soldiers.

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  Strength, Military, Army

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• Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.

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  Law, People, Different

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• German diligence is actually endurance.

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  Endurance, Criminals, Diligence

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• Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time.

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  Time, Work, Appreciate

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• Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.

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  Speed, Slow Down, Bits

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• In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness.

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  Art, Clumsiness

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• Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.

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  Fun, Heart, Body

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• Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.

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  Writing, Who I Am, Land

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• Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens.

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  Blow, Rights, Two

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• Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!

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  Feet, Imagination, Body

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• How frightening it is to have reached the height of human accomplishment in art that must forever borrow from life's abundance.

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  Life, Art, Accomplishment

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• Who claims that the heathen's view of the world is incorrect? Life gives you nothing! It is ruled by false gods! Nothing remains true to you but your own self; provided you remain true to it.

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  Life, Self, Views

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• Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.

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  Writing, Speech, Abbreviations

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• Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.

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  History, Historical, Attention

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• In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

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  Art, Germany, Common

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• Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.

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  Ideas, Realizing, Failing

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