Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.
Franz GrillparzerThe military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.
Franz GrillparzerPerhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.
Franz GrillparzerTo declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet.
Franz Grillparzer