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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.

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

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