“Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.” Quote by Franz Grillparzer
“Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.” NeedsEndsFearCourageReluctantInsolence Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.” LoveFriendshipCommonFlowerPrideGoldSimplicityVanityLove And FriendshipGift Of Love Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Recently, the Germans have developed a tendency to prefer the so-called first (youthful) style of great artists to their mature works. Could it be that they do not realize that their aesthetic criteria, generally speaking, are juvenile?” FirstsArtArtistRealizingStyleTendenciesMatureAestheticGreat ArtCriteriaAestheticsGreat ArtistImmaturityJuvenile Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Why I love the ancients so much? Aside from everything else, when I read them, the entire past between them and me unfolds at thesame time. The hearts of how many heroes and poets may have been set on fire by Plutarch's biographies which now inspire me with their own and with borrowed flames!” HeartMayHas BeensPastReadingHistoryFireInspirePoetHeroFlamesBiographiesBorrowed Author:Franz Grillparzer
“History is the zoology of the human race.” HumansRaceHistoryHuman RaceHumankindZoology Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Historical! Must it be historical to catch your attention? Even though historicity, like notoriety, denotes nothing more than thatsomething has occurred.” AttentionHistoryHistoricalNotoriety Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.” PeopleMayTruthAgeTodayPastYesterdayOld AgeFirmOld People Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.” MenLifeTwoDeathHonorRemainsWoeLife DeathTwo Lives Author:Franz Grillparzer
“I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.” LifeWellsMovingTimeCoursesStepsPathMoving ForwardReverseCause And EffectHabitualLife TimeNew Directions Author:Franz Grillparzer