269 Quotes by Franz Grillparzer

Feeling and thinking are actually the blind man who carries the lame.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.

The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.

I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

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