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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue its secondary stage, boredom its tertiary stage, syphilis.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
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Jicin
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Syphilis
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Literature
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Primary
Boredom
Morality
Disease
Tertiary
Virtue
Venereal

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