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 GrillparzerPoetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates.
Franz GrillparzerThe noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.
Franz Grillparzer