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An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of resistance: contemptuous compliance.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
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Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.
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Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.
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Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.
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A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he candivide.
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