“Disregard for the consequences and for right and wrong nowadays passes as energy.” Quote by Franz Grillparzer
“It is open to question whether the highly individualized characters we find in Shakespeare are perhaps not detrimental to the dramatic effect. The human being disappears to the same degree as the individual emerges.” HumansCharacterIndividualHuman BeingsEffectsHuman NatureDramaDegreesDisappearDramaticIndividualismDetrimental Author:Franz Grillparzer
“He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.” PeoplePayHuman NatureLessonsSmartIntelligenceExpensive Author:Franz Grillparzer
“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.” PeopleLongEnjoyJusticeRightsCitizensHatredJewCivil RightsOppressedOverdue Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.” UsedJusticeCrimeDemandRespectFairsCourtCriminalsUsed To BeSquaresSecularCriminal JusticeAvengersCriminal Law Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Compilers resemble gluttonous eaters who devour excessive quantities of healthy food just to excrete them as refuse.” FoodHealthyWasteRefuseQuantityHealthy Food Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.” WisdomLightHeavenWiseGlassesIntellect Author:Augustus Hare
“A pious woman's neighbor, a philanthropist's child, a liberal's servant--these three have a hard life.” ChildrenHardThreeNeighborServantHypocrisyPiousHard LifePhilanthropistOpportunism Author:Franz Grillparzer
“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.” MeanSelfBornLosesPrivilegeNationalismEvidentNationality Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality.” CoursesModernHumanismNationalism Author:Franz Grillparzer
“A heart that overflows may seek out merrymaking and boisterous festivities to quietly rejoice, unnoticed amidst the reveling crowds.” HeartMayJoyCrowdsRejoiceDiscretionUnnoticedOverflowFestivitiesBoisterous Author:Franz Grillparzer