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The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

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
Court
Squares
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Nowadays
Crime
Crimes
Respect
Secular
Justice
Criminal
Used
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Even
Fairs
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