Top 28 Quotes by Franz Grillparzer

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

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.

You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.

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.

The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.

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.

Prose talks and poetry sings.

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