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There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love I have learned to lose and to resign myself.
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A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits.
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The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.
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If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.
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