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Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.
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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Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.
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The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
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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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The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.
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