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Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
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Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.
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Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!
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My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.
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