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The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Es binden Sklavenfesseln nur die H a« nde, Der Sinn, er macht den Freien und den Knecht. The chains of slavery can only bind the hands. The mind makes us either free or enslaved.
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No spoon has yet destroyed a mouth, but the knife of war cuts portions that are hard to swallow. Perhaps the big mouths of the privileged are able to cope with them, but they dull the teeth of the little people and ruin their stomachs.
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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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Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.
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Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.
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