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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.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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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.
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