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Franz Grillparzer
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“Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.”
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) first seen 1818 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sappho, act 1, sc. 5 (1818).
“Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object?”
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) first seen 1820 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Notebooks and Diaries (1820).
“I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.”
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) first seen 1836 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Admissibility of Capital Punishment, from Notebooks and Diaries (1836).
“When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.”
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) first seen 1848 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Libussa, act 1 (1848).
“I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.”
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) first seen 1848 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Libussa, act 2 (1848).
“Die Irreligiösen sind religiöser als sie selbst wissen, und die Religiösen sind's weniger, als sie meinen.”
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) first seen 1857 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Aphorism (1857), in Studien zur Philosophie und Religion. Historische und politische Studien. Hamburg: Tredition, 2011, p. 32. .