Besides, isn't it confoundedly easy to think you're a great man if you aren't burdened with the slightest idea that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante or Napoleon ever lived?
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- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: austrian
- Born: November 28, 1881
- Died: February 22, 1942
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