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In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.
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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Genius resembles a bell in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful toneis silenced.
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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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The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.
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When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.
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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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