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There is one privilege we'll never lose currently it's called nationality. It means that everyone was born somewhere, which is infact self-evident.
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
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Nationality
Everyone
Currently
Born
Nationalism
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Evident
Self
Privilege
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Somewhere
Never
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Loses
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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.
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This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.
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To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
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Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.
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