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The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.
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A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.
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Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
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This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.
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