Franz Grillparzer

Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (January 15, 1791 - January 21, 1872), Austrian dramatic poet, was born in Vienna.

3 Quotes

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.
— Franz Grillparzer

Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule.
— Franz Grillparzer

As youth lives in the future, so the adult lives in the past: No one rightly knows how to live in the present.
— Franz Grillparzer