Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Franz Grillparzer Quotes: Poetry, 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.
         

Poetry, 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 Grillparzer
Check all other quotes by Franz Grillparzer

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Franz Grillparzer Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Mon. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Poetry-it-is-often-said-and-loudly-584745>.





Check out


Other quotes of Franz Grillparzer


I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.



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

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



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

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



History is the zoology of the human race.

History is the zoology of the human race.



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

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



The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.



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

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



Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.



Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.



A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.





Other quotes you may like


You don't have the right to complain about your life if you're not willing to change it

You don't have the right to complain about your life if you're not willing to change it



She kissed him but he didn't seem to recognize it.

She kissed him but he didn't seem to recognize it.




Easter is one of my favorite holidays with the kids. They get to run loose, and we always have our family and loved ones all around us!

Easter is one of my favorite holidays with the kids. They get to run loose, and we always have our family and loved ones all around us!



No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.

No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.



That's why I cut my hair so short. It was getting a little gray.

That's why I cut my hair so short. It was getting a little gray.



I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit.

I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit.



Lovers, forget your love And list to the love of these She a window flower And he a winter breeze.

Lovers, forget your love And list to the love of these She a window flower And he a winter breeze.



A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote or intangible ideas.

A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote or intangible ideas.



No way! Let me tell you, I'm no Elvis. Elvis had his time. I'm Vanilla Ice, and it's my turn now.

No way! Let me tell you, I'm no Elvis. Elvis had his time. I'm Vanilla Ice, and it's my turn now.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Poetry, 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.". Author of this quote is Franz Grillparzer. This quote is about life, poetry, said, literature, looks, vain, mirrors, work,.