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When we interpret nature, we refer phenomena that are rarely entirely unintelligible back to something that actually exists, but is equally unintelligible.
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
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The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.
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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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There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.
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It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.
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