“Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled.”
— Franz Grillparzer
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“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.”
— Franz Grillparzer
Author: Franz Grillparzer
Category: science
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“Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.”
— Franz Grillparzer
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“Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.”
— Franz Grillparzer
Author: Franz Grillparzer
Category: knowledge
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“Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.”
— Franz Grillparzer
Author: Franz Grillparzer
Category: knowledge
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“Prose talks and poetry sings.”
— Franz Grillparzer
Author: Franz Grillparzer
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“Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.”
— Franz Grillparzer
Author: Franz Grillparzer
Category: wisdom
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“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.”
— Franz Grillparzer
Author: Franz Grillparzer
Category: poetry
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