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I understand the phrase Honor the Women all too well: the poet has probably a wife of his own, but he prefers to honor another.

Franz Grillparzer

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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
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Vienna
Austria
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