Franz Grillparzer Quotes

Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.

Translation: The irreligious are more religious than they themselves know, and the religious are less so than they think.

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?

I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.

Die Irreligiösen sind religiöser als sie selbst wissen, und die Religiösen sind's weniger, als sie meinen.