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Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!

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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
Thoughts
Cold
Feet
Induce
Imagination
Socks
Body
Sock
Make
Pair
Good
Pairs
Awful

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