Franz Grillparzer citations

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

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

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

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

“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?”

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

“Jealousy is a grievous passion that jealously seeks what causes grief.”

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