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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
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Loses
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The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.
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