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Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who is chiefly known for his dramas. He also wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral.

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The real genres: good and bad.

Criticism, Genres, Good, Quality, Real

To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.

Enlist, Parliament, People, Propose, Prussia, Support

Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

Different, Food, Poetry, Prose, Prose And Poetry

Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other words, by integrating everything into a whole, whereas talent produces only fragments, no matter how beautiful.

Beautiful, Integrity, Genius, Everything, Amount, Talent

The prince exults whomever he selects as his consort, but the queen, rather than elevating the subject of her choice, humiliates him as a man. By all that is right, a man is not intended to be the husband of his wife, but a woman is to be her husband's wife.

Marriage, Queens, Husband, Exults, Prince, Consort

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.

Character, Dare, Dares, Everyone, Thinking, Thinks

In the long run, only woman remains true to mankind's foremost mission. Whatever she achieves, she achieves through herself, and alone. Man's master is the--public.

Alone, Alone Man, Foremost, Men, Remains, Running

Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.

Honesty, Power, People, Dense, Influence

Austrian soldiers are like horses: brave but easily frightened.

Austrian, Brave, Horse, Like, Soldier, Soldiers

It is good insofar as it is not evil.

Evil, Good, Insofar

Chance arrives unannounced. It emerges, and when it leaves, we are lucky if the changes it has produced are only external.

Chance, Change, External, Lucky, Unannounced

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?

Mere, Poetry And Music, Signifier, Sound, Take, Tone

Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.

Respect, Dog, Power, Considered, Dogs, Court

The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.

Everyone, Reason, Religion, Simple, State

Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors? Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand the natural, they did not have to be artificial in order to be original (which every artist aspires to be).

Art, Modern, Natural, Order, Poetry, Simpleand

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

Necessity, Poet, Poetic, Poetry, Present

Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.

Climbing, Iron, Mind, Morality, Muzzle

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

Art, Differ, Goal, Journey, Science

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

Thanksgiving, Being Thankful, Important, Drink, Insignificant, Host

Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.

Concrete, Love, Loves, Symbolism, Symbols, Want

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