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Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves.

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
Fast
Bits
Eagerness
Catch
Push
Slow
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Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.
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An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of resistance: contemptuous compliance.
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