Franz Grillparzer

Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (January 15, 1791 – January 21, 1872) was an Austrian dramatic poet.

Quotes

 * Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.
 * 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?
 * Notebooks and Diaries (1820).


 * I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.
 * 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.
 * Libussa, act 1 (1848).


 * I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.
 * Libussa, act 2 (1848).


 * Die Irreligiösen sind religiöser als sie selbst wissen, und die Religiösen sind's weniger, als sie meinen.
 * Translation: The irreligious are more religious than they themselves know, and the religious are less so than they think.
 * Aphorism (1857), in Studien zur Philosophie und Religion. Historische und politische Studien. Hamburg: Tredition, 2011, p. 32. ISBN 978-3-8424-1558-4.