Franz Grillparzer Country Quotations

Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.

An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of resistance: contemptuous compliance.

The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand; no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!

Who could deny that our Austria is richer than any other country? As the saying goes: "We have money like manure.

In certain countries, people seem to be think that three asses together make one intelligent person. However, that is completely wrong. Several asses in concreto make the ass in abstracto and that is a most terrifying animal.