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Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day before.
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
Boundless
Cautious
Charity
Delight
Lender
Business
Shrewd
Money
Lenders
Today
Beggars
Made
Beggar
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The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!
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Austrian soldiers are like horses: brave but easily frightened.
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Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors? Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand the natural, they did not have to be artificial in order to be original (which every artist aspires to be).
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