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My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.

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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
Anger
Close
Smoothly
Ignoble
Thought
Equals
Together
Joined
Love
Examination
Magnificent
Finds

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Gold schenkt die Eitelkeit, der rauhe Stolz, Die Freundschaft und die Liebe schenken Blumen. Gold is the gift of vanityand pride, Friendship and love offer flowers.
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