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Ideas are not thoughts the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.

Franz Grillparzer

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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
Failing
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Realizing
Idea
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Thought
Respects
Ideas
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