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Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general.

Christian Morgenstern

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Christian Morgenstern
Age: 42 †
Born: 1871
Born: May 6
Died: 1914
Died: March 31
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München
Christian Otto Josef Wolfgang Morgenstern
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