Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Franz Grillparzer (Austrian Dramatist)

Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (1791–1872) was an Austrian writer who is chiefly known for his dramas. He also wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven’s funeral. Franz Grillparzer was born in Vienna, Austria. His father, E.J. Grillparzer, was a severe pedant and a staunch upholder of the liberal traditions of the reign of Joseph II, and was an advocate of some standing. His mother, Anna Franziska, was a nervous, highly-strung woman who belonged to the well-known musical family of Sonnleithner.

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As youth lives in the future, so the adult lives in the past: No one rightly knows how to live in the present.
Franz Grillparzer
Topics: Youth

Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.
Franz Grillparzer

What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.
Franz Grillparzer

Doubt breeds doubt.
Franz Grillparzer
Topics: Doubt, Confidence, Uncertainty

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.
Franz Grillparzer
Topics: Future, The Future

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