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To declaim freedom verses seems like a poem within a poem; freedom requires guns, it requires arms, but no feet.

~Franz Grillparzer

Topics: Arms Feet Freedom Guns Like Poem Requires Seems Verses Within

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Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.

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Topics: Before Different Different People Laws Myself Passing People Relinquish Slave Unto You Your

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Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.

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Topics: Boundaries Failing Idea Ideas Ignores Itself Realize Respects Thereby Thought Thoughts

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Prose talks and poetry sings.

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Topics: Poetry Prose Sings Talks

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There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.

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The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

~Franz Grillparzer

Topics: Abstraction Admire Aesthetic Approval Complete Different Fact Generally Incapable Judgments Latter Main Main Reason Make Meets Men Men And Women Only Reason Why Women

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If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.

~Franz Grillparzer

Topics: Believe Concept Correct Danger Entire Errors Even Few He His However Master May Missing Mistaken Notice Often Proven Utterly Will Work

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Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

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Topics: Always Cannot Exaggerate Progress Surpass Will

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Type: Poet

Born: January 15th, 1791

Died: January 21st, 1872

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