Quotation by Franz Grillparzer

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Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate to his fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

Franz Grillparzer

Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), Austrian author. Notebooks and Diaries (1811-1816).

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