I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love; I have learned to lose and to resign myself.
Franz GrillparzerGrief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won.
Franz GrillparzerA wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.
Franz Grillparzer