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The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.

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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Austrian soldiers are like horses: brave but easily frightened.
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A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.
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