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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
Poet
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.
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