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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
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Vienna
Austria
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