Mankind is getting smarter every day. Actually, it only seems so. At least we are making progress. We're progressing, to be sure, ever more deeply into the forest.
Franz GrillparzerAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: austrian
- Born: January 15, 1791
- Died: January 21, 1872
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