“Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.” Quote by 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
“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.” WorldLifeGivingSelfViewsClaimsRemainsHeathenFalse Gods Author:Franz Grillparzer
“If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked.” IfsLifeArtArtistValuesMaterialsShapesFinestClayStatuesMarblePrometheus Author:Franz Grillparzer
“How frightening it is to have reached the height of human accomplishment in art that must forever borrow from life's abundance.” LifeHumansArtForeverExcellenceHeightAccomplishmentAbundanceFrightening Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!” BodyImaginationFeetColdAwfulPairsSockGood ThoughtsCold Feet Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.” MindMayConvictionInvisible Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Feeling and thinking are actually the blind man who carries the lame.” ThinkingMenMindReasonFeelingsBlindCarrieHuman MindLameBlind Man Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.” WritingSpeechMereSwearProfanitySwear WordAbbreviations Author:Franz Grillparzer
“I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.” WritingAbleTurnsImaginationTragedyMasterpieceMy Imagination Author:Franz Grillparzer