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When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.

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
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Pours
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Gates
Audience
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What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.
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Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.
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