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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
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
Castrate
Sinning
Proclaim
Chastity
Hurry
Sin
Keep

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