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It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.
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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Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers.
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I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.
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Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.
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You can make the best of it and be content, or you can complain, it makes no difference. What does it matter that human beings judge the things that exist?
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