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Franz Grillparzer

"No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own."

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"No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own."

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."

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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

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