Quotations From FRANZ GRILLPARZER

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• 181.

  Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Notebooks and Diaries (1811).
• 182.

  Disregard for the consequences and for right and wrong nowadays passes as energy.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Poems (1852).
• 183.

  The plot! The plot! What kind of plot could a poet possibly provide that is not surpassed by the thinking, feeling reader? Form alone is divine.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Notebooks and Diaries (1836).
  
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• 184.

  A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Poems (1857).
  
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• 185.

  If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Notebooks and Diaries (1854).
  
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• 186.

  The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Poems (1869).
• 187.

  A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Notebooks and Diaries (1819).
• 188.

  Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Poems (1845).
• 189.

  Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Notebooks and Diaries (1838).
• 190.

  German diligence is actually endurance.

  Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), Austrian author. Poems (1856).