Franz Grillparzer Quotes - Page 7

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• The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.

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  Men, Perfection, Noble

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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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• Finally and long overdue, your people, oppressed and disgraced by hatred and maliciousness, have achieved justice: now you enjoy full citizen's rights, but you'll remain Jews nonetheless.

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  Rights, People, Justice

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

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  Art, Clumsiness

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• The plot! The plot! What kind of plot could a poet possibly provide that is not surpassed by the thinking, feeling reader? Form alone is divine.

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  Thinking, Feelings, Plot

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• North and West have always vied for power and territory, but their recent competition as to which one is more insidious of the twohas been more peaceful.

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  Competition, Peaceful, Territory

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• There is one privilege we'll never lose; currently it's called nationality. It means that everyone was born somewhere, which is infact self-evident.

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  Mean, Self, Privilege

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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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• Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Uplifting

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• If only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and their censors fear! Considering the countless good books we have, the world would have changed for the better a long time ago.

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  Change, Book, Long

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• Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.

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  Wisdom, Princess, Men

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• Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.

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  People, Religion, Church

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• The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Religion

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• A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.

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  Music, Art, Laughing

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• Women, children, Tyroleans and preachers want to create a new kingdom of God, but the God of their kingdom looks like women, children, preachers, and Tyrolians.

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  Children, Religion, Looks

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• What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.

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  Beauty, Assessment, Appreciate

  "A Primer on Environmental Decision-Making: An Integrative Quantitative Approach". Book by Knut Lehre Seip, Fred Wenstop, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 184, 2006.

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• 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.

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  Marriage, Queens, Husband

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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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• 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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• It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

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  Character, Thinking, Dare

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• Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

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  Thanksgiving, Being Thankful, Important

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• Art is eternally young, but the poet ages. If only he remained as young as art! If only it aged with him!

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  Art, Age, Aging

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• It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.

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  Strength, Sex, Men

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• It's actually the spirit helping the spirit; it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.

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  Healing, Doctors, Medicine

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