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Franz Grillparzer
Austrian Poet
Born: Jan 15, 1791
Died: Jan 21, 1872
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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. Franz Grillparzer
Wisdom Genius Sun Lightning Like Flash Resembles
Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process. Franz Grillparzer
Art Journey Science Poetry Purpose Prose Excursion Like Another Goal Same Differ Process Token
I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow. Franz Grillparzer
Nature Me Woman Marked See Brow Disapproval Look Around Candid Which Stamp Nowhere
Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction. Franz Grillparzer
Animals Fools Conviction Indeed Would Only Without However Human Transcendental Human Beings Convinced Notion Beings Need
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is. Franz Grillparzer
Character Better Single Everyone Dares Misfortune He True True Character His German Than Authors Them Expose Thinks
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. Franz Grillparzer
Man Criticism Out Find Abide Investigate He Test Modest Modesty Ignores Applause
The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception. Franz Grillparzer
Rule Only Exception Individual Partly Educated Uneducated Person Phenomenon
The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas. Franz Grillparzer
Age Crowded Abundant Ideas Most Where Original Original Ideas
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates. Franz Grillparzer
Life Work Mirror Looking Monkey Vain Poetry True Looks Said Loudly Often Literature Socrates
This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy. Franz Grillparzer
Arrogance Nothing Doubting Too Had Clear Noble Ideas Boy Still Quest Where Searching
Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest. Franz Grillparzer
Day Every Day Progress Every Progressing Seems More Only Smarter Sure Making Least Forest Getting Mankind Ever Deeply Actually
To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet. Franz Grillparzer
Freedom Guns Seems Poem Feet Like Arms Within Verses Requires
Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave. Franz Grillparzer
Myself You People Before Relinquish Laws Unto Passing Different Different People Your Slave
Prose talks and poetry sings. Franz Grillparzer
Poetry Prose Talks Sings
There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son. Franz Grillparzer
Home Son Mother Shall Female Least Male Your Slave
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail. Franz Grillparzer
Knowledge Sail Ocean Those Out Drives Course Get Human Want Storm Far Human Knowledge Who Row Set
The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval. Franz Grillparzer
Women Men Men And Women Complete Meets Approval Latter Admire Only Fact Main Generally Main Reason Abstraction Make Judgments Aesthetic Different Incapable Reason Why

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