Franz Grillparzer

Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#life #moments #beauty

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

— Franz Grillparzer

#almost #called #even #expert #friend

If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#seem #short #sky #someone #support

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

— Franz Grillparzer

#genius #lightning #like #resembles #sun

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

— Franz Grillparzer

#brow #candid #disapproval #i #i see

Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#failing #idea #ideas #ignores #itself

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#different #different people #i #laws #myself

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. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#better #character #dares #everyone #expose

Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#day #deeply #ever #every #every day

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

— Franz Grillparzer

#be thankful #drink #host #important #insignificant