“The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.” PersonsIndividualEducatedPerceiveExceptionPhenomenonRulesUneducatedInspirational EducationEducated PersonEducated And Uneducated Author:Franz Grillparzer
“What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.” WorldPersonsCharacterPoetryPoetRaisesGreat PoetGreat Poetry Author:Franz Grillparzer
“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.” PersonsChangeGratitudeWeaponsAimPressesUncertaintyIndifferenceChestsCheeksFickle Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The first indication of a young person's growing smarter is that he no longer understands the things which he used to consider quite intelligible and self-evident.” FirstsPersonsSelfYoungUsedLearningGrowingYouthSmarterEvidentIndicationSelf-doubt Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The most irascible person is most likely to become apathetic in dangerous situations.” PersonsSituationDangerousDangerTemperApathyApatheticDangerous Situations Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going wrong. The first objective for a clock, is, however, that it does run; not going wrong is an additional regulative function. If not a watch's greatest accomplishment were not going wrong, unwound watches might be the best.” IfsFirstsHumansPersonsDoeSeemsMightRunningPurposeExistenceWatchesMoralityFunctionPrioritiesObjectivesClockAccomplishmentBeing The BestHuman ExistenceGreatest Accomplishment Author:Franz Grillparzer
“In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.” NeedsPersonsBodyJobsSuccessSpiritOrderQualitySucceedProfessionFormerLatterOrder To SucceedBad Qualities Author:Franz Grillparzer
“In certain countries, people seem to be think that three asses together make one intelligent person. However, that is completely wrong. Several asses in concreto make the ass in abstracto and that is a most terrifying animal.” PeopleThinkingPersonsCountrySeemsTogetherCertainThreeAnimalIntelligentStupidityAssQuantityIntelligent Person Author:Franz Grillparzer
“A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.” LooksPersonsDifferentAnimalSkinsTransformationSnakesFalseness Author:Franz Grillparzer
