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The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.

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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
Pleases
Goodness
Please
Doe
Thing
Good
Always

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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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