List of Franz Grillparzer Quotes

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.

I Look Around Me And Nowhere Do I See A Stamp Of Disapproval With Which Nature Marked A Woman's Candid Brow.

Ideas Are Not Thoughts; The Thought Respects The Boundaries That The Idea Ignores Thereby Failing To Realize Itself.

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.

If We Notice A Few Errors In The Work Of A Proven Master, We May And Even Will Often Be Correct; If We Believe, However, That He Is Completely And Utterly Mistaken, We Are In Danger Of Missing His Entire Concept.

To Test A Modest Man's Modesty Do Not Investigate If He Ignores Applause, Find Out If He Abides Criticism.

At Certain Times, Men Regard Poetry Merely As A Bright Flame, But To Women It Was, And Always Will Be, A Warm Fire.

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.

Although Your Knowledge Is Weak And Small, You Need Not Be Silent: Since You Cannot Be Judges Be At Least Witnesses.

If Someone Were To Think That Trees Are Made To Support The Sky, They Would All Seem Too Short.

Do Hurry And Proclaim The Concordat. Then Castrate Yourselves To Keep From Sinning.

Bunglers And Pedants Judge Art According To Genre; They Approve Of This And Dismiss That Genre, But Instead Of Genres, The Open-minded Connoisseur Appreciates Only Individual Works.