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Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.
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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The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
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Jealousy is a grievous passion that jealously seeks what causes grief.
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