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Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Woe
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Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.
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Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.
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The real genres: good and bad.
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Gold schenkt die Eitelkeit, der rauhe Stolz, Die Freundschaft und die Liebe schenken Blumen. Gold is the gift of vanityand pride, Friendship and love offer flowers.
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If only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and their censors fear! Considering the countless good books we have, the world would have changed for the better a long time ago.
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The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.
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Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.
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Gratitude is a fickle thing, indeed. A person taking aim presses the weapon to his chest and cheek, but when he hits, he discardsit with indifference.
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Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.
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It's actually the spirit helping the spirit it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.
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The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.
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Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.
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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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