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Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.
Franz Grillparzer
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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
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Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Why I love the ancients so much? Aside from everything else, when I read them, the entire past between them and me unfolds at thesame time. The hearts of how many heroes and poets may have been set on fire by Plutarch's biographies which now inspire me with their own and with borrowed flames!
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Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.
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A cure by regression is homeopathic, like healing the damage done by ministers and ignorance with stupidity and Jesuits.
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What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.
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