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Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Karl Kraus

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
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Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age.
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The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb.
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When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on.
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Stupidity gets up early that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.
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