“The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!”
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Famous Franz Grillparzer Quotes
“The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.”
“It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.”
“Jealousy is a grievous passion that jealously seeks what causes grief.”
“Metaphysics must be based on what exists, for it has the task of explicating it.”
“The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.”
“The most irascible person is most likely to become apathetic in dangerous situations.”
“It's actually the spirit helping the spirit; it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.”
“It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.”
“Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.”
“Austrian soldiers are like horses: brave but easily frightened.”
“Turning popular opinion upside down does not make an original.”
“Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.”
“Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers.”
“Trying to conceal a crime is like burying a seed in the ground.”
“Disregard for the consequences and for right and wrong nowadays passes as energy.”