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The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

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
Serves
Poetic
Necessity
However
Poet
Poetry
Present
Never
Prosaic

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