Quotes by Franz Grillparzer

“Every mistake has three stages: first, it is made, second, it is not admitted, and third, it’s claimed it didn’t make any difference anyway.”

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.

Doubt breeds doubt.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

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

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.