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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
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
Men
Seized
Life
Woe
Otherwise
Remains
Honor
Lives
Death
Two

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My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.
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