"Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it."
-Franz Grillparzer
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"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.“
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"Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun."
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"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."
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"Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled."
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"Prose talks and poetry sings."
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