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To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Poet
Translator
Writer
Jicin
Literature
Men
Jackasses
Contempt
Everywhere
Equal

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