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Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.
— Franz Grillparzer
Tags: sail, storm, ocean, knowledge

Other Quotes by "Franz Grillparzer"

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.
— Franz Grillparzer
Tags: your, people, you, myself
Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.
— Franz Grillparzer
Tags: cannot, always, will, progress
Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest.
— Franz Grillparzer
Tags: every-day, forest, progress, day
The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.
— Franz Grillparzer
Tags: where, most, ideas, age
The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.
— Franz Grillparzer
Tags: only, aesthetic, men, women
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