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The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.
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Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day before.
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A love that dies has never lived.
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What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.
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Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.
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Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness.
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The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.
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