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It's actually the spirit helping the spirit it is the doctor, the bed, the potion.
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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There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.
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Recently, the Germans have developed a tendency to prefer the so-called first (youthful) style of great artists to their mature works. Could it be that they do not realize that their aesthetic criteria, generally speaking, are juvenile?
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Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.
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Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.
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